Communities of Color Face High Foreclosure Rates and Greater Loss of Wealth than White Communities

May 31, 2013

Lost Wealth Per Household and Foreclosure Rate per 1,000 Households, United States, 2012

                            All Communities        Majority Communities          Majority White
                                                              Of Color                              Communities

Lost Wealth                      $1,700            $2,200                              $1,300
Foreclosure Rate                     13            17                                     10

Source: Alliance for a Just Society (2013). Wasted Wealth. Retrieved from: http://bit.ly/13zhoOd