Connecting past to present: Examining different approaches to linking historical redlining to present day health inequities.

In the 1930's, the Home Owner Loan Corporation (HOLC) drafted maps to quantify variation in real estate credit risk across US city neighborhoods. The letter grades and associated risk ratings assigned to neighborhoods discriminated against those with black, lower class, or immigrant residents a...

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Main Authors: Clemens Noelke, Michael Outrich, Mikyung Baek, Jason Reece, Theresa L Osypuk, Nancy McArdle, Robert W Ressler, Dolores Acevedo-Garcia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0267606