Real estate agents are central to homebuying and so important is their role that their training is specified by New York state. Today, even though ours is an increasingly diverse region, the lines of separation stubbornly persist. But opportunities were not the same for everyone in what was also an era of racially exclusive covenants and blockbusting tactics that separated communities along color lines. In the decades after World War II, Long Island experienced explosive growth as its communities swelled with returning veterans investing in homes and establishing roots. The answer should be equal treatment for all by real estate agents and equal access for all communities.
Johnson signed the federal Fair Housing Act to prohibit discrimination in housing, this remains a core question for one of America’s oldest, most populous and most segregated suburbs. More than 50 years after President Lyndon B.
What happens when white and minority prospective homebuyers seek real estate agents to help them find houses on Long Island?
