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. 2021 Mar;129(3):34004.
doi: 10.1289/EHP9033. Epub 2021 Mar 31.

Walking on a Redline: Did Discriminatory U.S. Housing Policies Affect Greenspace Development?

Jori Lewis
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Walking on a Redline: Did Discriminatory U.S. Housing Policies Affect Greenspace Development?

Jori Lewis. Environ Health Perspect. 2021 Mar.
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Section from an archival H O L C map of Birmingham, Alabama.
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Section from an archival H O L C map of Birmingham, Alabama
This 1933 map of Birmingham, Alabama, demonstrates the color-coding system used by the HOLC to determine the riskiness of making loans for properties in certain neighborhoods. Wealthy White neighborhoods were marked in green and given an A (“best”) grade as the safest investments. Blue B neighborhoods were deemed “still desirable,” although less so, whereas neighborhoods with a lot of recent immigrants might get a yellow C (“declining”) grade. Low-income, ethnically diverse neighborhoods were outlined in red and rated D (“hazardous” to lenders). This particular map includes an additional designation separate from the HOLC system: solid gray for areas with a “Negro concentration.” Cross-hatching indicates industrial and commercial areas, and diagonal lines indicate undeveloped property. Image: Courtesy U.S. National Archives.
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