{"id":3709,"date":"2022-08-24T13:40:03","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T17:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/cwcseo\/?post_type=sub_commissions&#038;p=3709"},"modified":"2022-12-19T17:28:29","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T22:28:29","slug":"african-american-housing","status":"publish","type":"sub_commissions","link":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/cwcseo\/sub_commissions\/african-american-housing\/","title":{"rendered":"African American Housing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\">The Black homeownership gap in Connecticut<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">For many, along with financial independence, becoming a homeowner is considered the quintessential American dream. Homeownership is one of the fundamental tools for building wealth in the United States, but historically, Black homebuyers have faced unfair policies and systematic discrimination such as receiving higher interest rates from mortgage lenders and real estate agents. <em>(<strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/stacker.com\/connecticut\/black-homeownership-gap-connecticut\" target=\"_blank\">Continue<\/a><\/strong>) <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctfairhousing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Know-Your-Rights-Rack-Card-English-web.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Fair Housing \u2013 Know Your Rights<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctfairhousing.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/CFHC-disability-RA-Eng-final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Disability &amp; Housing Discrimination<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jud.ct.gov\/lawlib\/law\/landlord.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Connecticut Law About Landlord\/Tenant Law<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hud.gov\/states\/connecticut\/renting\/tenantrights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Tenants&#8217; Rights, Laws and Protections<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ctfairhousing.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Connecticut Fair Housing Center<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","sub_commission":[35],"class_list":["post-3709","sub_commissions","type-sub_commissions","status-publish","hentry","sub_commission-african-american-sub-commission"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/cwcseo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sub_commissions\/3709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/cwcseo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sub_commissions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/cwcseo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/sub_commissions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/cwcseo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"sub_commission","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/cwcseo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sub_commission?post=3709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}