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Agreed. The Wikipedia has more. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levittown https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levittown But then I read this and it trashed every
by Mistletoe 2y ago
Agreed.
The Wikipedia has more.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levittown https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levittown
But then I read this and it trashed everything I thought of him-
“William J. Levitt refused to sell Levittown houses to non-Caucasians.”
I feel much less bad about him dying penniless now.
- shrubble 2y agoseems odd that you didn't include the next sentence: "The FHA, upon authorizing loans for the construction of Levittown, included racial covenants in each deed, making each Levittown a segregated community." That is, the FHA included the covenants, not Levitt.
- mikeyouse 2y agoLevitt was absolutely a racist, the FHA eventually found the covenants to be illegal discrimination and Levitt sued the government and attempted to maintain them all the way to the US Supreme Court. Defending William Levitt in 2024 is a real choice.
- shrubble 2y agoThis might give some background; the FHA is mentioned quite often : https://www.history.com/news/housing-segregation-new-deal-program https://www.history.com/news/housing-segregation-new-deal-pr...