Redlining and the Home Owners' Loan Corporation

Journal of Urban History

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 394-420

  Hillier, Amy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

discrimination; Federal Housing Administration; Home Owners' Loan Corporation; Philadelphia; redlining

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; HOMEOWNER; PROPERTY MARKET; TWENTIETH CENTURY; HOUSING MARKET; MAPPING; SECURITY; URBAN ECONOMY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141682701     PISSN: 00961442     EISSN: 15526771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0096144203029004002     Document Type: Article

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