Righting a wrong
When this house was built in Moses Lake in 1949, it would have been illegal for a non-white person to buy it. Those days are long past, but a law passed this year in Washington aims to counter the effects by offering assistance to first-time minority home buyers.
JOEL MARTIN/COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD
Restrictive covenants like this one blocked minority homeownership for decades. A law recently passed in Washington is designed to turn that around.
MOSES LAKE — It’s well known that racial disparities have historically existed in housing. Official racial discrimination – rules about which races can live where – hasn’t been legal in the U.S. for more than half a century, but its effects are still seen today.
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