People of color have experienced lower homeownership rates for decades

Homeownership rate by race/ethnicity, 1940–2017

Source: F. John Devaney, "Tracking the American Dream: 50 Years of Housing History from the Census Bureau: 1940 to 1990" (Washington: U.S. Department of Commerce, 1994), available at https://www.huduser.gov/portal/Publications/pdf/HUD-7775.pdf; U.S. Census Bureau, "Table 22. Homeownership Rates by Race and Ethnicity of Householder: 1994 to 2017," available at https://www.census.gov/housing/hvs/files/annual17/ann17t_22.xlsx (last accessed June 2019).