Color and money
Subtitle: politics and prospects for community reinvestment in urban America
By: Gregory D. Squires, Sally O'Connor.
Contributors: O'Connor, Sally, 1947-
Series: SUNY series, the new inequalities
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
Subjects: Discrimination in mortgage loans -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Race discrimination -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Community development -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Milwaukee (Wis.) -- Economic conditions -- Regional disparities
Description: "Contrary to conventional wisdom, green is not the only color that matters to lenders. This case study of Milwaukee, Wisconsin - a fairly typical urban area that has experienced systematic disinvestment and a budding reinvestment movement - demonstrates the continuing significance of race in determining who get home mortgage and small business loans.

Confirming the ongoing role of politics in both nurturing urban reinvestment and fueling a backlash by financial institutions, Color and Money offers critical policy recommendations for increasing access to capital in central city communities and for racial minorities throughout the nation's metropolitan areas."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-194) and index.