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Burlington Self-Survey on Human Relations: Final report, 1950
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86 real estate firm with respect to the Negro market. Negro housing accommodations are, on the whole, of poorer quality than obtains for the city at large. The most significant indices of this inadequacy were shown in the proportion of dwellings needing major repairs and in facilities for running water. On the basis of these factors, at least 28 per cent of the Negro dwellings can be grouped as substandard. These conditions reflect economic factors; but they also are related to the restricted character of the housing market for Negroes as shown in present real estate practices. The common and consistent feature of the practices of real estate firms covered in the analysis, as regards Negro business, is restriction. This applies to sales, rentals, and financing; and these services are available to Negroes only in those areas where they are now living. Only one of the firms covered was willing to extend sales and financing services to Negroes in areas not presently occupied by them. Race restricted covenants are encouraged by a substantial number of real estate firms, and there was at the time of the Survey adherence to the realtor's "racial code of ethics." Such reference to race and nationality has now been removed from this article of the Realtor's Code of Ethics (National Association of Real Estate Boards). The general basis for improving the housing of Negroes, as conceived by these firms, is in terms of segregated housing developments.
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86 real estate firm with respect to the Negro market. Negro housing accommodations are, on the whole, of poorer quality than obtains for the city at large. The most significant indices of this inadequacy were shown in the proportion of dwellings needing major repairs and in facilities for running water. On the basis of these factors, at least 28 per cent of the Negro dwellings can be grouped as substandard. These conditions reflect economic factors; but they also are related to the restricted character of the housing market for Negroes as shown in present real estate practices. The common and consistent feature of the practices of real estate firms covered in the analysis, as regards Negro business, is restriction. This applies to sales, rentals, and financing; and these services are available to Negroes only in those areas where they are now living. Only one of the firms covered was willing to extend sales and financing services to Negroes in areas not presently occupied by them. Race restricted covenants are encouraged by a substantial number of real estate firms, and there was at the time of the Survey adherence to the realtor's "racial code of ethics." Such reference to race and nationality has now been removed from this article of the Realtor's Code of Ethics (National Association of Real Estate Boards). The general basis for improving the housing of Negroes, as conceived by these firms, is in terms of segregated housing developments.
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