This results in what housing advocates and economists call a “racial homeownership gap” between the share of Black families that own homes and the share of White families that own homes.

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The style is hard to miss: white board and batten vertical siding, large black frame windows ... Even multifamily homes are getting the modern farmhouse treatment, falling into the barndominium ...