"Our housing crisis is about more than just an inadequate supply of housing - it also exposes enduring structures of exclusion and generational barriers to opportunity. Continued practices like exclusionary zoning, predatory lending, discrimination from financial institutions and the real estate industry undermine wealth-building and homeownership. In the most recent episode of "Dying to Stay Here," I sit down with Cupid Alexander, deputy director of housing for San Jose, to discuss the roots and solutions to this persistent issue."
"The result of discrimination is poverty among African Americans in San Jose that is more than twice that of whites, with systemic disparities in employment, education and health. That fuels disproportionate homelessness. The negative results continue with Blacks representing only 2.2% of Santa Clara County's population, but comprising 19% of its unsheltered population and dying at a rate three to four times that of any other group."
San Jose's housing crisis profoundly affects Black families and marginalized communities, revealing structural exclusion and generational barriers to opportunity. Historical and ongoing practices—exclusionary zoning, predatory lending, and discrimination from financial institutions and the real estate industry—undermine wealth-building and homeownership for African Americans. These practices contribute to poverty rates more than twice those of whites, systemic disparities in employment, education, and health, and disproportionate homelessness. African Americans make up 2.2% of Santa Clara County's population but 19% of its unsheltered population and experience mortality rates three to four times higher than other groups. Community-centered policy solutions and equitable housing practices are needed.
Read at San Jose Spotlight
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