ABC conference includes focus on Greenlining to close racial wealth gap

In News by Chris BellJanuary 22, 2024

Jerome Underwood knows the primary way to build generational wealth is through home ownership. He also knows how long it can take to bring about change.

Underwood - president and CEO of Action for a Better Community - points to current data that shows there continues to be a long-standing disparity in homeownership throughout Monroe County, with far fewer Black, Indigenous, and People of Color owning homes compared to their white counterparts.

The disparity does not help with division.

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