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Sociology Stack 1
All in the Neighborhood
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| when real estate agents direct people to or away from specific neighborhoods. | Steering |
| landmark 1917 ruling in housing discrimination ; overturned city ordinance that refused to allow African Americans to buy into neighborhoods that were majority white, and vice versa. | Buchanan v. Warley |
| 1940 Supreme Court decision that centered on restrictive housing covenants | Hansberry v. Lee |
| US Supreme Court case that ruled that enforcing racially restrictive covenants was unconstitutional. | Shelley v. Kramer |
| 1933 New Deal program that helped homeowners avoid foreclosure by offering loans that were more affordable. | Home Owner's Loan Corporation |
| 1934 New Deal agency that provided mortgage insurance on loans for first-time home buyers. | Federal Housing Administration |
| the government color-coded maps of US metropolitan areas, representing the safest places to insure mortgages. African American areas were outlined in red. | Redlining |
| public housing for working class families. Buildings were segregated and eventually became used for poor people. Gov't. helped fund housing costs to keep rents affordable. | Housing projects |
| white middle- and lower-class families gained housing options and moved out of the cities and into mostly white suburbs. | "White Flight" |
| provided cities with funds to buy, clear and redevelop so-called slum neighborhoods. | Housing Act of 1949 |
| major national construction project which displaced minority residents by building highways through the center of minority neighborhoods, breaking up African American communities. | Interstate Highway System |
| an urban neighborhood changed or renewed by more affluent people moving into it, raising housing and building costs. | Gentrification |
| this law made it illegal to discriminate in housing based on race, color, age, sex. religion, disability, and other factors. | Fair Housing Act of 1968 |
| Zoning that restricts residence based on status. | "Snob zoning" |
| segregation that is in place because of laws (de jure designates what the law says) | de jure segregation |
| the separation of people that occurs "by fact", rather than by law. (de facto designates what actually happens) | de facto segregation |
| The trend of African Americans moving from city areas to suburbs. | "Black Flight" |
| contracts about land use | covenants |
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