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100 Years of 100 Things: Housing Inequality
Episode 1006

100 Years of 100 Things: Housing Inequality

Bernadette Atuahene, property rights scholar, professor at USC's Gould School of Law, and the author of Plundered: How Racist Policies Undermine Black Homeownership in America, explains the history of inequality in property tax.

The Brian Lehrer Show

February 4, 202536m 24s

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Show Notes

As our centennial series continues, Bernadette Atuahene, property rights scholar, professor at USC's Gould School of Law and leader of the grassroots Coalition for Property Tax Justice and Black Homes Matter campaigns, and the author of Plundered: How Racist Policies Undermine Black Homeownership in America (Little, Brown, 2025), explains the long history of inequality in property tax burdens rooted in redlining.

Topics

black_homeownershipsystemic_racismcentenniallawhomeownershipsegregationlocal_wnycracial_covenantsdetroithousing_lawhistoryinequalityredlining