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FACT 1

In 2019, according to a report issued by LendingTree, Black Memphians only owned about 35% of the owner-occupied homes in the metro area despite comprising nearly half of the population.

FACT 2

The gap between White and Black homeownership rates is wider now than it was in 1960 when housing discrimination was rampant and legal, U.S. Census Bureau data shows.

FACT 3

In 2018, the National LGBTQ Task Force found more than 40 percent of black trans people in Memphis lived without housing at some point. This is five times higher than the rest of the country.

FACT 4

Fifteen percent of resident survey respondents felt they experienced discrimination when they looked for housing in the region; rates are highest among households living in publicly assisted housing (38%), large families (29%), households which include a member with a disability (23%), African American residents (23%), families with children (23%), and low-income households (23%).