{"id":2030,"date":"2024-09-18T12:00:12","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T16:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lettery-demo.bslthemes.com\/?p=1844"},"modified":"2025-05-29T12:06:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T16:06:45","slug":"mortgages-for-black-and-brown-folk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackandbrownfolk.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/18\/mortgages-for-black-and-brown-folk\/","title":{"rendered":"Mortgages for Black and Brown Folk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Five mortgages for Black and Brown Folk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m going to go way out on a limb here, disregard my professional and educational training in psychology and finance, and do the unthinkable: give a rule of thumb. This is my list of five mortgages Black and Brown Folk in the United States should know. This list is by no means inclusive\u2014I’ve dedicated a whole website to discussing all the financing options and history of mortgages for Black and Brown Folk\u2014but let’s go out on a limb and, with the caveats generally, for most people, without hearing your story, If I had to say, etc., these would be my top choices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Negroes and Whites don’t mix. If we brought them into this development, it would depress all of the surrounding property.” Frederick Ecker, President of Real Estate Developer Metropolitan Life on the justification for receiving government subsidies for Whites-only development. From “The Color of Law,” by Richard Rothstein.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

We’ll discuss who’s eligible and why these are good choices to decrease historical wealth disparity and build home and property ownership in the Black and Brown community, but here they are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n