![Approximately the top half of a 1937 map of San Francisco in black and white with color overlays in yellow, blue, green and pink on approximately the left two thirds of the residential blocks.](/sites/default/files/styles/2_1_small/public/2022-11/CloseToHome-banner-img-simple.jpg?h=4f0edd73&itok=BH4P2X1K)
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
United States
Homeownership has long been equated with the American Dream. From ensuring voting rights, to endowing a sense of pride, to building generational wealth: owning property is key. Government policies involving homeownership have shaped our nation, but the tools used to encourage building of new homes and access to property have also been a force for racial segregation. This exhibit traces the role of government in establishing patterns of neighborhood segregation and shares what local government is doing to change this – and what you can do, too.
Image, above: San Francisco Residential Security Map, 1937.