Raphael Bostic on a layered housing problem

He gives an interview here: There is a triple threat facing the elder African American LGBT population in the Detroit area. Even though small in number, this particular group of people encounters difficulties in finding retirement homes, safety, recognition and financial security. Dr. Raphael Bostic, the assistant secretary of Housing and Urban Development, attended an [...]

Dalton Conley Talks about Intergenerational Wealth--and it is not pretty

Dalton gave a very nice talk at USC on Friday, presenting his Center for American Progress paper  Wealth Mobility and Volatility in Black and White.  The CAP page on the paper summarizes the findings: What family an individual comes from ƒƒexplains about three-quarters of where they end up in the wealth distribution as adults. For African [...]

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