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Edmonton aims to kibosh restrictive covenants in name of grocery access, food affordability
Restrictive covenants are common in the grocery industry to prevent competition, but Edmonton's city council is asking the province to change the rules so food is more affordable.
#Consumer #Economy #Politics #fooddesert
https://globalnews.ca/news/11735252/edmonton-grocery-restrictive-covenant/

Global News Calgary 20h ago

Edmonton aims to kibosh restrictive covenants in name of grocery access, food affordability
Restrictive covenants are common in the grocery industry to prevent competition, but Edmonton's city council is asking the province to change the rules so food is more affordable.
#Consumer #Economy #Politics #fooddesert
https://globalnews.ca/news/11735252/edmonton-grocery-restrictive-covenant/

Global News Edmonton 21h ago

Edmonton aims to kibosh restrictive covenants in name of grocery access, food affordability
Restrictive covenants are common in the grocery industry to prevent competition, but Edmonton's city council is asking the province to change the rules so food is more affordable.
#Consumer #Economy #Politics #fooddesert
https://globalnews.ca/news/11735252/edmonton-grocery-restrictive-covenant/

Global News Lethbridge 21h ago

Edmonton aims to kibosh restrictive covenants in name of grocery access, food affordability
Restrictive covenants are common in the grocery industry to prevent competition, but Edmonton's city council is asking the province to change the rules so food is more affordable.
#Consumer #Economy #Politics #fooddesert
https://globalnews.ca/news/11735252/edmonton-grocery-restrictive-covenant/

Lyle Solla-Yates Feb 27

https://www.richmonder.org/for-some-neighborhoods-its-covenants-not-zoning-that-decides-what-gets-built/ “These covenants don't just preserve a neighborhood's aesthetic. They preserve who gets to live there” #RVA #segregation #RestrictiveCovenants #housing #displacement #shortage

For some neighborhoods, it’s covenants — not zoning — that decides what gets built

"Private land-use restrictions can lawfully impose standards that are, in some cases, more stringent than zoning code."

The Richmonder

Doc Edward Morbius ⭕Nov 20, 2021

Racial covenants, a relic of the past, are still on the books across the US

... What Selders found was a racially restrictive covenant in the Prairie Village Homeowners Association property records that says, "None of said land may be conveyed to, used, owned, or occupied by negroes as owners or tenants." The covenant applied to all 1,700 homes in the homeowners association, she said. ...

https://www.npr.org/2021/11/17/1049052531/racial-covenants-housing-discrimination

#race #racism #discrimination #housing #kansas #RestrictiveCovenants #FairHousingAct #BLM

Racial covenants, a relic of the past, are still on the books across the country

Racial covenants made it illegal for Black people to live in white neighborhoods. Now they're illegal, but you might still have one on your home's deed. And they're hard to remove.

NPR

Doc Edward Morbius ⭕Nov 19, 2020

The Newberry and Restrictive Covenants

... The Newberry’s financial agent (who was neither a staff member nor a board member but acted in an official capacity on behalf of the library) authorized multiple restrictive covenants during the 1930s and early 1940s, barring African Americans from renting some Newberry-owned properties. The Near North Side Property Owners Association collaborated with the Chicago Real Estate Board to make it relatively easy on the Newberry and others by providing suggested boilerplate contractual language and sometimes even paying the legal fees associated with executing these restrictive covenants. ...

https://www.newberry.org/newberry-and-restrictive-covenants

#race #racism #restrictiveCovenants #housing #redlining #realEstate #property #ownership #privilege #discrimination #Chicago #NewberryLibrary

The Newberry and Restrictive Covenants | Newberry

By Daniel Greene, President and Librarian This article appeared in the Fall/Winter 2020 issue of The Newberry Magazine under the title "In Chicago, They've Got Covenants." Like much of the nation, Chicago is reckoning with long-standing racial inequality. Since the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and many, many others, we’ve witnessed protests in the streets,