Surveys of federally-funded cities and colored-coded maps set into motion discriminatory practices.Redlining is a lending practice in the early 20th centruy tha ...

See how New Deal-era Redlining maps delineated risk areas for federally-backed mortgages and home-ownership programs, resulting in a wealth gap that continues to impact communities and Black ...

(The University of Richmond’s Mapping Inequality project has digitized scans of old redlining maps.) The maps designated areas as “high risk” or “low risk” for mortgage lending.