[Ads-l] Antedating of "Redline" (Housing Discrimination)

[Shapiro, Fred]

redline (OED, 1.c., 1973)

1967 Boston Globe 27 May 2 (ProQuest)

Untold numbers of home-owners in blighted Boston areas like Roxbury face hardship because of the reluctance of Boston banks and insurance firms to make loans for home repairs or to insure dwellings, the President's National Commission on Urban Problems was told Friday . ... Douglas and commission members earlier seemed to be intrigued with the phrase "red line" used locally to describe a poor insurance risk area.

Fred Shapiro

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