When we consider the connection between race and housing in post-WWII America, it is one that is marked by exclusion from opportunity, and continued segregation. While the racist practices of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and segregated communities do support this notion, the connection is (too) often related to homeownership alone. In fact, many racial groups, namely Black Americans, faced housing discrimination as renters. This did not necessarily entail exclusion from rental opportunities (this did happen often however)-- it also included dilapidated housing conditions for Black tenants imposed on them by unscrupulous landlords. Harlem, N.Y. serves an example of where this form of oppression has occurred. In the mid-20th
