Residential Segregation 10 Flashcards
A potential cause of housing market discrimination is the prejudice of real estate agents’ white customers (Yinger 1995). Give some specific examples of how it manifests. And what main theory of segregation is this linked to? What can happen to real estate agents who don’t steer?
Agents in the rental market may worry about the effect a minority renter will have on the desirability of neighboring units and therefore on the rent and occupancy rate of those units. Similarly, agents in the owner-occupied market may refuse to show units in predominantly white neighborhoods to minorities in order to avoid offending future clients or lowering market activity in their key markets. In fact, real estate agencies may collude in such behaviors and threaten to punish agents who violate these arrangements by refusing to show violators’ listings (Yinger 1995)… Place stratification.
What is statistical discrimination?
Statistical discrimination is an economic theory of racial or gender inequality based on stereotypes. According to this theory, inequality may exist and persist between demographic groups even when economic agents (consumers, workers, employers, etc.) are rational and non-prejudiced. This type of preferential treatment is labeled “statistical” because stereotypes may be based on the discriminated group’s average behavior. The theory is based on lack of information. For instance, labor market discrimination may exist because employers don’t know with certainty workers’ ability, therefore they may resort to basing employment decisions on the workers’ visible features, such as group identity.
The Ross and Turner (2005) find that disparate treatment discrimination in rental and owner-occupied housing markets persists, but has _________ substantially in magnitude over the last decade (1989 - 2000). What type of method do they use? And what is the study called?
declined, audit study, 2000 Housing Discrimination Study is the third national paired-testing study of urban housing markets sponsored by HUD.
What is racial steering? And what are the two ways it is categorized?
Racial steering refers to the practice in which real estate brokers guide prospective home buyers towards or away from certain neighborhoods based on their race. 1) Advising customers to purchase homes in particular neighborhoods on the basis of race 2) Failing, on the basis of race, to show, or to inform buyers of homes that meet their specifications. (Yinger 1995).
What is the definition of zoning?
A legal process which reserves land parcels for specifically designated uses.
