Aranda, C. L. (2019). Housing discrimination in America: Lessons from the last decade of paired-testing research: Testimony before the house appropriations thud subcommittee. Policy Commons, 46(2), 96-115.
Aranda’s main arguments about the existence of housing discrimination are unequal accessibility to socially significant objects. For example, the black population of America lives further away from schools, transport interchanges and hospitals. The significance of the piece lies in the study of housing discrimination in modern conditions based on a new understanding of the phenomenon. This study relates to my research, as it proves the existence and transformation of housing discrimination over a decade. One piece of key information from the source I will use is comparative statistics collected by the Urban Institute regarding finding socially significant objects relative to the homes of white and black American citizens.
Evans, D. N., Blount-Hill, K. L., & Cubellis, M. A. (2019). Examining housing discrimination across race, gender and felony history. Housing Studies, 34(14), 761-778.
The authors experimentally found that it is more difficult for minority representatives to find rented housing in the Midwest. The significance of the piece consists in proving housing discrimination based on skin color, which does not depend on the presence of crime or belonging to a certain gender. This study relates to my research as it affects not only housing discrimination when buying a house but when renting it, which is also relevant. One piece of key information from the source I will use is the statistics of refusals and consents to provide rental housing to blacks in Midwest America.
Kamin, D. (2020). Black homeowners face discrimination in appraisals. One Homeowner, 29(1), 1-5.
Kamin’s main arguments are underestimating the value of a house of blacks when appraising it and overestimating the house value when selling it to a black family. The significance of the piece consists in touching upon a fundamentally new aspect of the problem – the valuation of housing when sold or buying it by blacks. It relates to my research because it shows the biased attitude of appraisers toward black clients. One piece of key information from the source I will use is a table showing prices for buying and selling housing in the same area with approximately the same location and for white and black customers.
Lederer, A., & McCracken, T. (2021). The many effects of housing discrimination on African Americans. Web.
The main arguments of the authors are based on the difficulty of obtaining a mortgage for the purchase of housing for the black population. The significance of the piece is due to the demonstration of the connection between all aspects of social discrimination and the place that housing discrimination occupies in it. It relates to my research because the article provides another weighty argument in favor of the complexity of purchasing housing for blacks due to discrimination. One piece of key information from the source I will use is the statistics on the refusal of housing mortgages for white and black populations given by the authors.
Quillian, L., Lee, J. J., & Honoré, B. (2020). Racial discrimination in the U.S. housing and mortgage lending markets: A quantitative review of trends, 1976–2016. Race and Social Problems, 12(2), 13-28.
The authors of this study, as well as the authors of the previous one, make arguments about the existence of housing discrimination based on data from the mortgage lending market. The significance of the piece is based on a study of official data provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. It relates to my research because the study provides official unbiased data on mortgage loan sizes for people of different races, which I plan to use as a piece of key information.
Zonta, M. (2019). Racial disparities in home appreciation. Web.
The main arguments of Zonta are evidence of the influence of racial segregation on the housing situation prevailing in America today. The significance of the piece is due to the availability of recommendations for eliminating the social gap in the field of housing. It relates to my research because it allows for predicting the further development of the problem of housing discrimination in America. One piece of key information from the source I will use is a table characterizing the presence of black residents in different regions.