As stated in the article Restrictive Covenants in Housing by Barbara Chasin, restrictive covenants are “a private contract entered into by neighborhood property owners stipulating that property could not be sold or rented to certain minority groups” (Schaefer, 1998, pg. 194). In like manner, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) preserved segregated communities through restrictive covenants as expressed in their manual. As someone who has previously lived in housing endorsed by the FHA, I disclose the tactics used as unethical and mistrustful. Segregating individuals for the ideology that everyone would be positively affected is erroneous. Sadly, as examined by the report, segregating provided the optimum protection against abominable situations.
