The Biden administration has made the issue of housing inequality a priority, acknowledging the role of federal, state and local governments in creating and implementing racist housing policies over the years. Margery Austin Turner, Institute Fellow, Urban Institute, joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the impact of these policies and the importance of the Biden administration’s recognition of the same.
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Hari Sreenivasan:
While local communities and states like Connecticut grapple with long-standing issues of housing inequality, the new Biden administration has announced it will also make this issue a priority.
On Tuesday, President Biden released a "memorandum on redressing our nation's and the federal government's history of discriminatory housing practices and policies." It included a frank acknowledgement that "during the 20th century, federal, state, and local governments systemically implemented racially discriminatory housing policies that contributed to segregated neighborhoods and inhibited equal opportunity…"