Redlines and Green Zones: Reassessing the Redline Maps - 01.18.2023 from us time zones map Watch Video

⏲ Duration: 56 min 42 sec
✓ Published: 27-Jan-2023

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Between 1935 and 1940, the federal government through the U.S. Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC) drew and issued maps of cities and towns all over the U.S. The purpose of these color-coded and annotated maps was to guide banking, lending, and insurance institutions as to the level of risk attached to the neighborhoods and districts of each subject city. Most homeowners, buyers, or developers in the