Subsidized Housing for Eminent Domain Use

What is happening? Santa Monica, California is trying to correct for policies in the 1950s and 1960s that led to “the destruction of black and Latino communities via eminent domain to build the 10 freeway, “

Why is this important? Local Governments are looking for ways to correct past acts that impacted the housing and communities.

How will this be important? Santa Monica’s program will offer households or their descendants displaced by urban renewal projects in Santa Monica in the 1950s and 60s affordable housing.

Boing Boing | Beach town offers subsidized housing to families evicted by racist policies of the 50s and 60s