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The statewide Just Deeds program is looking to document racial covenants that were used to keep nonwhite people from buying homes.
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The statewide Just Deeds program is looking to document racial covenants that were used to keep nonwhite people from buying homes.
The city estimates that thousands of deeds in the city still have discriminatory covenants, and it's encouraging more homeowners to participate in the free program to have them removed.
The two cities want to roll back exclusionary zoning codes that historically kept people of color out of the suburbs.
Golden Valley city staff project turns into growing effort to denounce racial covenants Reminder of bans on people of color still in documents throughout Twin Cities. March 13, 2021 — 6:15pm Text size Copy shortlink: A push by some Golden Valley city staff members to strike racist language from property deeds is spreading across the Twin Cities metro as residents reckon with the history of banning people of color from buying homes in white neighborhoods. The Just Deeds Project pairs homeowners with pro bono attorneys to discharg...