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For historically Black Altadena, the combined wildfire loss of generational wealth and personal heirlooms is indescribable
given just a few generations ago Black homeownership in Altadena was nearly impossible. In the 1930s, under the New Deal, the federal government mapped out major cities like Los Angeles and began the ...
Tampa family works to create Black generational wealth
According to the National Association of Realtors, home ownership rates improved over the last decade, but ownership among ...
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In Altadena, where many Black families became homeowners, displaced residents grapple with grief and uncertainty
Black homeowners who were rocks of their communities — people who held the community’s history in their lived experience and offered support and advice to younger generations. The loss is ...
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Black families were disproportionately affected by the Eaton Fire, UCLA report finds
And since only 18% of Altadena’s roughly 42,700 residents are Black, that makes the impact disproportionate on an already ...
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Shattered in the Fire: A Historic Black Haven
It was a foothold in generational prosperity ... Long before the fires, many Black homeowners were capitalizing on their newfound equity by selling and moving away. Many of those who remained ...
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Generational Black Homes in LA Reduced to Ash Amid Growing Wildfires
The inaction is already generation-altering ... also lead to skyrocketing premiums, with some homeowners seeing rates triple. Read More: Black Communities Left to Sink as Insurance Companies ...
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Third-Generation Black Family-Owned Plumbing Business In Atlanta Does Their Part By Performing Renovations At Local Homeless Shelter
A third-generation Black family-owned plumbing business in Atlanta, GA, is making a difference by renovating outdated water ...
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Altadena residents worry historic Black and minority neighborhoods will be lost after fire
She had a message for fellow Black homeowners who might be tempted with offers for their property: “I would tell them to stand strong, rebuild, continue the generational progress of African ...
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For historically Black Altadena, the combined wildfire loss of generational wealth and personal heirlooms is indescribable
For six generations, the 100-year-old white ... wealthy and working class, White and Black. When Ludd-Lloyd bought her home a mere four years after the end of redlining, her nephew said it was ...