How Jim Crow-era laws still tear families from their homes (ABA Journal)

ABA Journal, February 1, 2021

How Jim Crow-era laws still tear families from their homes

Scott Kohanowski, director of the Homeowner Stability Project with the City Bar Justice Center in New York City, has seen predatory investors and developers look for properties in gentrifying parts of the city to force partition sales. Investors often prey on homes in Black or Latino neighborhoods that have been historically undervalued because of redlining and discriminatory lending. “Fast forward 30 or 40 years, and those neighborhoods have gentrified, and those properties are now worth $1 million or $2 million,” Kohanowski says.

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