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In some real estate deeds, U.S. homeowners are finding language forbidding the sale of their home and land to non-whites. While no longer enforceable, racist language in real estate deeds are forcing homeowners to grapple with a history of discriminatory housing policy. (Jessica Hill/The Associated Press)

States grapple with racist language in real estate deeds
BY: - November 17, 2023

Lisa Boccetti is horrified by the restrictive covenant that is in the deed to her 1950s ranch house in Raleigh, North Carolina: It states that the land cannot be sold or occupied by Black people. The property “shall not be sold to negroes or to any person or persons of negro blood, and said premises shall […]

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