The Lingering Effects of Neighborhood Appraisal: Evaluating Redlining's Legacy in Pittsburgh

Place-based classifications can create long-standing influences on neighborhood fortunes. Redlining is a classic example of these unintended effects. The Federal Home Loan Bank Board developed housing appraisal standards subsequently codified in Residential Security Maps. By georeferencing the 1937...

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Published in:The Professional geographer Vol. 70; no. 3; pp. 339 - 349
Main Authors: Rutan, Devin Q., Glass, Michael R.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Washington Routledge 03.07.2018
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects:
applied GIS
Appraisal
Appraisals
Censuses
Classification
Codification
Evaluation
Home ownership
Housing
Neighborhoods
Poverty
redlining
Security
SIG aplicado, avalúos, vivienda, discriminación espacial, análisis espacial
spatial analysis
应用地理信息系统, 估价, 住宅, 拒绝贷款地区, 空间分析
United States > US
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
ISSN:0033-0124, 1467-9272
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Summary:Place-based classifications can create long-standing influences on neighborhood fortunes. Redlining is a classic example of these unintended effects. The Federal Home Loan Bank Board developed housing appraisal standards subsequently codified in Residential Security Maps. By georeferencing the 1937 map of Pittsburgh, we evaluated the spatial legacies of neighborhood appraisals. We identify persistent neighborhood conditions by comparing neighborhood evaluations with normalized census data from 1970 to 2000. Contemporary conditions correspond with security grades from the 1937 map. Concentrations of poverty, people of color, and vacancy persist in historically redlined areas. Concentrations of high incomes, home values, and homeownership persist elsewhere.
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ISSN:0033-0124
1467-9272
DOI:10.1080/00330124.2017.1371610