“Redlined” neighborhoods face more extreme heat conditions

New research suggests that areas subjected to redlining, a process where government officials systematically excluded minority neighborhoods from access to loans, face more extreme heat than whiter, more wealthy neighborhoods. Vivek Shandas, a professor of urban studies and planning at Portland State University, spoke to CBSN’s Lana Zak about how the racist housing policy is still affecting our lives nearly a century after being enacted. Source