University of Richmond
American Panorama: Mapping Inequality Redlining in New Deal America
Redlining is the act of making it difficult or impossible for people in certain areas to access mortgage financing and thus become homeowners. In between 1935-1940 the Home Owners' Loan Corporation staff members assigned grades to...
University of Richmond
Digital Scholarship Lab: Redlining Richmond 1930s
As part of the New Deal, the HOLC assessed neighborhoods using a number of factors in order to identify safe places for mortgages. The assessment surveys and map produced for Richmond, which this site allows you to explore in detail,...