Housing

Back in 1959 when I bought my first house it was in a neighborhood that was previously a corn field and the houses were small two or there bedroom homes built on a slab. The people buying these homes were white working class citizens and in many parts of the country Blacks were not allowed because of the fear that would lower the value of the homes. Fast forward 70 years and the same principal remains and can best be seen in California. This state is overwhelmingly liberal and has the highest housing cost in the country. The reason is that people will not allow multi-housing units to be built in their neighborhoods. People of any color are welcome assuming they can afford to live there but working people are not in that group. The people in these neighborhoods fear that if multi housing units are allowed in that will lower the value of their property so they are zoned out. Same old story but Blacks have been replaced by working people of any color. The people living in these areas are just ordinary folks who believe in equality and in many cases equity but not in their back yard.