Louisville turns to data to finally break out of 1930s segregation

Louisville is convincing mortgage lenders and insurance providers to inject finance into poor neighbourhoods by mapping persistent patterns of inequality across the city. 'Redlining Louisville' is an interactive map which compares 1930s neighbourhood segregation to current data on race, poverty and mortgage lending. The map reveals how areas which were denied finance and investment by realtors in the 1930s based on their racial makeup remain underdeveloped today. Now, city authorities are using the map in public consultations with residents, property companies, and financiers to convince them to bring much-needed investment to impoverished neighbourhoods.