Birdseed Foundation

today, flock's profits come from managing homes. but we cannot ignore the past. the real estate industry and its generation to generation wealth creation has been out of reach for many black and brown individuals. redlining alone tells the story we have to study as a very real social, political and economic conspiracy to prevent (predominately) black homeownership. “conspiracy,” however, implies that there was something to hide. in actuality, redlining and steering was very public. the overtly racist practices and policies that prevented the accumulation of wealth through home/property ownership disrupted any hope for parity or equality in real estate and home buying. and, by design, the acquisition of wealth generating assets like real property and the ability to pass them onto future generations was deliberately kept out of reach for those who didn’t look like me. together, with the greater washington community foundation we're planting seeds for the equitable future we want to be p