• BoxedFenders [any, comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    The Fair Housing Act of 1968 made it inconvenient to explicitly deny housing to minorities via redlining. And thus HOAs popped up everywhere to continue the tradition through subtler means.

    • AlyxMS [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Ahhh yes, racism. Was thinking about this from the wrong angle.

        • crime [she/her, any]
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          2 years ago

          Plus homeowners are incentivized to be as militant about maintaining and increasing property values as much as possible