Dreaming Home: The Cultural Imagination and Racial Realities of Home Ownership
Date: Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Location: Online via Zoom or in person at the Green Line Performing Arts Center, part of UChicago’s Arts + Public Life in Washington Park.
Time: 6:30 pm (CST)
Owning a home is one of the most powerful symbols of the American Dream: a vessel with which Americans can start a family, grow vibrant communities,and build intergenerational wealth. But the history of American home ownership is riddled with inequalities, racism, myopic polices, and economic disasters like the subprime mortgage crisis of 2007.