reviewJournal of Urban HealthAug 1, 2022HYBRID OA

The Relationship of Historical Redlining with Present-Day Neighborhood Environmental and Health Outcomes: A Scoping Review and Conceptual Model

CBCarolyn B. SwopeDHDiana HernándezLCLara Cushing

Columbia University · University of California, Los Angeles

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Abstract

Following the Great Depression and related home foreclosures, the federal government established new agencies to facilitate access to affordable home mortgages, including the Home Owners' Loan Corporation (HOLC) and Federal Housing Administration (FHA). HOLC and FHA directed widespread neighborhood appraisals to determine investment risk, referred to as "redlining," which took into account residents' race. Redlining thereby contributed to segregation, disinvestment, and racial inequities in opportunities for homeownership and wealth accumulation. Recent research examines associations between historical redlining and subsequent environmental determinants of health and health-related outcomes. In this scoping…

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  • Disinvestment
  • Business
  • Government (linguistics)
  • Public economics
  • Interdependence
  • Economic growth
  • Political science
  • Economics
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Sustainable cities and communities
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