Topic: Deed Restrictions

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51: Civil Wrongs
27:38 - 32:59

51: Civil Wrongs

FHA Subsidies and the Creation of the White Suburbs

The analysis of government housing policy continues with a focus on the FHA's role in subsidizing white-only suburbs like Levittown. Developers were granted guaranteed bank loans on the condition that they excluded African Americans through restrictive deed clauses. This policy created a wealth gap and a "buffer class" of newly inducted white ethnicities, while reinforcing the image of Black Americans as "slum dwellers" due to state-enforced poverty and lack of services.