Fixing neighborhoods: Old lending practices fueled today’s problems

By , Daily Memphian Updated: November 15, 2020 4:00 AM CT | Published: November 15, 2020 4:00 AM CT

Memphis is ahead of the curve in reversing the results of old rules and regulations that encouraged segregation and created pockets of poverty. So changes in the federal fair housing policy have had little impact. 

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redlining fair housing Paul Young Richard Rothstein affordable housing

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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for more than 40 years.


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