Redlining /tags/redlining Redlining en-US Copyright Thu, 20 Jun 2024 21:17:55 GMT Columbus' RISE Together summit discusses universal basic income, ways to address poverty /politics-government/2024-06-20/columbus-rise-together-summit-discusses-universal-basic-income-ways-to-address-poverty The summit featured several speakers including RISE Together CEO Danielle Sydnor, Franklin County Commissioner Kevin Boyce and author and tech entrepreneur Sevetri Wilson. Thu, 20 Jun 2024 21:17:55 GMT /politics-government/2024-06-20/columbus-rise-together-summit-discusses-universal-basic-income-ways-to-address-poverty George Shillcock How Eastgate became home to Tuskegee Airmen and their families /2024-02-12/how-eastgate-became-home-to-tuskegee-airmen-and-their-families Eastgate is a Columbus community that prides itself on its diversity. For decades it was a community where middle-class Black families thrived. Mon, 12 Feb 2024 17:24:15 GMT /2024-02-12/how-eastgate-became-home-to-tuskegee-airmen-and-their-families Nora Igelnik Columbus leaders, health officials targeting elimination of lead in older homes in attack on racism /2023-08-23/columbus-leaders-health-officials-targeting-elimination-of-lead-in-older-homes-in-attack-on-racism Columbus health and city leaders announced a new initiative aimed at preventing lead exposure to children in neighborhoods that were red-lined decades ago. It's called Healthy Children and Safe Homes by 2040. Wed, 23 Aug 2023 18:34:38 GMT /2023-08-23/columbus-leaders-health-officials-targeting-elimination-of-lead-in-older-homes-in-attack-on-racism Debbie Holmes Columbus kicks off series of public meetings on changes to the city's zoning code /politics-government/2023-05-02/columbus-kicks-off-series-of-public-meetings-on-changes-to-the-citys-zoning-code Columbus wants to revamp its zoning code which was last overhauled in the 1950s. Tue, 02 May 2023 21:06:21 GMT /politics-government/2023-05-02/columbus-kicks-off-series-of-public-meetings-on-changes-to-the-citys-zoning-code George Shillcock Were there ‘sundown towns’ in central Ohio? /2023-04-03/were-there-sundown-towns-in-central-ohio Sundown towns were a form of discrimination and segregation prominent in the U.S. during the period after Reconstruction through the first half of the 20th century. The name comes from a warning—with either an explicit or implicit threat of violence—that people of color were not welcome in the area after sundown. Mon, 03 Apr 2023 09:04:00 GMT /2023-04-03/were-there-sundown-towns-in-central-ohio Michael De Bonis DOJ and Park National Bank in Newark resolve redlining claim with $9 million settlement /news/2023-02-28/doj-and-park-national-bank-in-newark-resolve-redlining-claim-with-9-million-settlement The $9 million settlement requires the bank to invest $7.75 million in a loan subsidy fund "to increase access to credit for home mortgage, improvement and refinance loans, as well as home equity loans and lines of credit, in majority-Black and Hispanic neighborhoods in the Columbus area," according to a DOJ press release. Tue, 28 Feb 2023 20:40:28 GMT /news/2023-02-28/doj-and-park-national-bank-in-newark-resolve-redlining-claim-with-9-million-settlement Renee Fox The legacy of redlining in the U.S. and Columbus /show/all-sides-with-ann-fisher/2022-11-01/the-legacy-of-redlining-in-the-u-s-and-columbus Redlining is the discriminatory practice that kept minorities from purchasing homes in white neighborhoods. We'll examine the legacy it left around the U.S. and Columbus. Tue, 01 Nov 2022 13:26:44 GMT /show/all-sides-with-ann-fisher/2022-11-01/the-legacy-of-redlining-in-the-u-s-and-columbus The legacy of redlining in the U.S. and Columbus /show/all-sides-with-ann-fisher/2022-10-13/the-legacy-of-redlining-in-the-u-s-and-columbus Redlining is the discriminatory practice that kept minorities from purchasing homes in white neighborhoods. We'll examine the legacy it left around the U.S. and Columbus. Thu, 13 Oct 2022 13:24:38 GMT /show/all-sides-with-ann-fisher/2022-10-13/the-legacy-of-redlining-in-the-u-s-and-columbus Even many decades later, redlined areas see higher levels of air pollution /npr-news/2022-03-10/even-many-decades-later-redlined-areas-see-higher-levels-of-air-pollution "We see a really clear association between how these maps were drawn in the '30s and the air pollution disparities today," says an author of a study on the effects of the discriminatory policy. Thu, 10 Mar 2022 23:34:00 GMT /npr-news/2022-03-10/even-many-decades-later-redlined-areas-see-higher-levels-of-air-pollution Laurel Wamsley In Likely First, Chicago Suburb Of Evanston Approves Reparations For Black Residents /news-partners/2021-03-23/in-likely-first-chicago-suburb-of-evanston-approves-reparations-for-black-residents The new program, which aims to address harms suffered by Black residents due to the city's past discriminatory housing policies, is part of a larger reparations fund established in 2019. Tue, 23 Mar 2021 18:36:00 GMT /news-partners/2021-03-23/in-likely-first-chicago-suburb-of-evanston-approves-reparations-for-black-residents Rachel Treisman