AST 4755 - Race and Place: The Struggle for Fair Housing Since 1900

3 credit hours

(Same as AAS 4755 and HIST 4755.) Prerequisite: HIST 2020 or HIST 2050. Examines the rise of various twentieth-century federal housing policies that made homeownership affordable for most Americans for the first time in the country’s history. Particular emphasis placed on the exclusionary nature of these policies, their generational implications, and the activism that ultimately contributed to their demise.

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