Experiencing Residential Segregation

A Contemporary Study of Washington, D.C

Bibliographic Data

ID6403938
AuthorsGregory D Squires, Samantha Friedman (0000-0001-8412-9618), Catherine E Saidat (George Washington University)
Year2002
Volume38
Issue2
Pages155-183
Publication date2002-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueUrban Affairs Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1078-0874 • E-ISSN: 1552-8332
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/107808702762484079
OpenAlexW2019229905
LanguageEN
Citations received23
References cited31

Explicit considerations of race and unlawful racial discrimination persist as critical factors in the continuing segregation of urban housing markets. On the basis of a telephone survey of Washington, D.C. area households, the authors find that current black households were almost twice as likely as white households to not get their first choice when they moved into their current homes, more than one-fourth of black householders report that they or someone they know experienced discrimination in their efforts to obtain housing or housing finance within the past three years, and whites are more than four times as likely as blacks to believe that equal opportunity exists in the current housing market. These relationships persist after controlling on several socioeconomic characteristics (income, education, housing tenure) of households. Several policy options are recommended for ameliorating racial segregation in urban housing markets

Business · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Ethnic group · Housing discrimination · Housing tenure · Labour economics · Low income housing · Political science · Population · Race (biology · Racial differences · Racism · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Telephone survey · White (mutation · Demography · Homelessness and Social Issues · Housing Market and Economics · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies