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Amid the pandemic, Black home buyers create a new community narrative FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 Natalie Goolsby outside her Oakland home with her niece, Janelle Goolsby.Sarahbeth Maney / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 2of3 Undergrad Janelle Goolsby (left) rents a room in the home of her aunt Natalie Goolsby in Oakland.Sarahbeth Maney / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 3of3 Janelle Goolsby (left) talks with her aunt, Natalie Goolsby, inside of her home in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, March 5, 2021. Janelle rents the home from her aunt, Natalie, while she attends college for fashion design and builds her career.Sarahbeth Maney / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less ....
The coronavirus pandemic did more than reveal the systemic issues within America’s health care system it pulled the covers back on decades of discrimination and racism that undergird the real estate industry, including redlining and single-family zoning reform. It also showed us the consequences of those policies in the disproportionate number of minority and low-income communities who have the most to lose if unemployment benefits and eviction moratoriums aren’t extended. But 2020 also illuminated a way forward through conversations about anti-racism and biased business practices and policy changes, such as the National Association of Realtors’ code of ethics update, which can help correct years of intentional and unintentional wrongdoing. ....