“Think about the wealth that was created during (the ‘40s and ‘50s) that White families have been able to leverage generation after generation, either to send their kids to college, to be able to start a business, to writing a check for their loved ones to be able to have money for (a) down payment in order to buy their own home and continue that generational wealth transfer,” said Aisha Weeks, managing director at the Dearfield Fund for Black Wealth, a Denver area group that emphasizes homeownership. “That wasn’t available in mass for Black and African American families.”
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Dearfield Managing Director Aisha T. Weeks featured in National Organization of African Americans in Housing newsletter focused on women making history in housing.