1.0Center for Public Integrityhttps://publicintegrity.orgThe Center for Public Integrityhttps://publicintegrity.org/author/center-for-public-integrity/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="UN3vVw4AOc"><a href="https://publicintegrity.org/inequality-poverty-opportunity/the-heist/a-portrait-of-waterloo-residency-homeownership-income/">A portrait of Waterloo</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://publicintegrity.org/inequality-poverty-opportunity/the-heist/a-portrait-of-waterloo-residency-homeownership-income/embed/#?secret=UN3vVw4AOc" width="600" height="338" title="“A portrait of Waterloo” — Center for Public Integrity" data-secret="UN3vVw4AOc" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://publicintegrity.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Map-of-Waterloo.png1362880In Waterloo, Iowa, white households have 81 percent higher median incomes than Black households and more than double the homeownership rate. Residential patterns set when segregation was enforced by law hang on, driven by a wealth gap compounded over generations of discrimination — an American problem as much as a Waterloo one. Roughly 60% of […]