Trailer | Owned: A Tale of Two Americas
Preview: Season 23 Episode 8 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Exposé on how American housing policy has been manipulated in discriminatory ways.
Is the "American Dream" of home ownership a false promise? While the government’s postwar housing policy created the world’s largest middle class, it also set America on two divergent paths – one of perceived wealth and the other of systematically defunded, segregated communities.
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
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Trailer | Owned: A Tale of Two Americas
Preview: Season 23 Episode 8 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Is the "American Dream" of home ownership a false promise? While the government’s postwar housing policy created the world’s largest middle class, it also set America on two divergent paths – one of perceived wealth and the other of systematically defunded, segregated communities.
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
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