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Data You Can Use - Milwaukee Redlining Boundaries

Description:

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This map shows the historic Home Owner Loan Corporation (HOLC) graded boundaries, These boundaries were used in the 1900s to determine eligibility for low-interest mortgage loans, and they were heavily influenced by racial boundaries. Areas that have suffered decades of depressed home values due to redlining and other government policies face greater challenges in overcoming segregation and social isolation. Identifying and acknowledging these areas can help residents and policymakers to target strategies to mitigate the damage and rebuild neighborhoods. Additional information on HOLC historic disadvantage grading can be found on the Mapping Inequality website here. Source: This map is posted with permission, and was producer by Robert K. Nelson, LaDale Winling, Richard Marciano, Nathan Connolly, et al., "Mapping Inequality," AMERICAN PANORAMA, ed. Robert K. Nelson and Edward L. Ayers, accessed April 29, 2019. 

Resource Link:

https://getdata-dycu.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/DYCU::milwaukee-redlining-boundaries

Identifier:

https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=854fab9689af497d8c6fb6795d9e7386&sublayer=0

Language:

English

Creator:

Data You Can Use

Publisher:

Data You Can Use

Provider:

American Geographical Society Library – UWM Libraries

Resource Class:

Datasets

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Temporal Coverage:

Issued 2025

Date Issued:

2025-11-13

Spatial Coverage:

Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, and United States

Rights:

Although this data is being distributed by the American Geographical Society Library at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the University as to the accuracy of the data and related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the University in the use of this data, or related materials.

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

Shapefile