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	Podcast:		The Uncertain Hour
	Episode:		There are cracks in the foundation of our housing system
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:33:20
	Publish Date:		2020-06-03 12:34:36
	Description:		The COVID-19 pandemic arrived at a moment when the gap between rich and poor in this country had hit a record high. One place that inequality is most visible is in the neighborhoods where we live. Generations of discriminatory housing policy, and lending practices that favored white borrowers, have entrenched segregation in American cities. This week, we’ll examine the housing policies that emerged from past economic crises, policies that excluded black people and other people of color, preventing them from building the wealth that middle class white families built.
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