Blockbusting
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18930869 |
|---|---|
| Authors | W Edward Orser (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Publication date | 2014-11-07 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeosb032.pub2 |
| OpenAlex | W4250025517 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
Real estate blockbusting, pervasive in many American cities in the post‐World War II period, is the intentional action of a real estate broker to place an African American resident in a previously all‐white neighborhood for the express purpose of the excessive profit to be made by panicking whites into selling low, then in turn charging marked‐up prices to incoming minority residents (Helper 1969). The Civil Rights Act (Fair Housing Act) of 1968 declared it an illegal practice “for profit, to induce or attempt to induce” sales and rentals “by representations regarding the entry or prospective entry into the neighborhood of [a] person or persons of a particular race, color, religion, etc.” (Section 804 [e]). The 1968 Act, which declared discrimination in residential sales, rentals, or loans illegal, specifically outlawed blockbusting and indirectly barred other discriminatory real estate practices, including steering and redlining
Advertising · Business · Civil rights · Economics · Fair Housing Act · For profit · Housing discrimination · Political science · Real estate · Rental housing · Renting · Housing Market and Economics · Law · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies · Finance
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |