How Redlining is Still Impacting Black Homebuyers

By VPM News | November 11, 2025
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This VPM News Focal Point video explores how historic policies such as redlining have contributed to a significant wealth and homeownership gap for Black Americans today, but also highlights an increase in homeownership among Black millennials. Source: VPM News

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HEARD

By VPM News | November 11, 2025
A young girl with two hair buns, wearing a white shirt and jeans, stands with her back to the camera facing large bold text that reads HEARD on a light, abstract background.

To most Americans, public housing and urban poverty are “issues” that remain out of sight and out of mind. This VPM documentary follows five people who live in public housing communities, where they tell their own stories of surviving and thriving. Source: VPM News

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