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California Realtors apologize for role in racist housing
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FILE - A for sale sign is posted in front of a home in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, March 3, 2022. The California Association of Realtors is apologizing for its role in supporting discriminatory housing polices in the state. The group is backing a bill that would overturn a law making it harder for the state to build affordable housing and partnering with nonprofits focused on expanding homeownership. - photo by AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Association of Realtors is apologizing for its role in pushing policies that drove racial segregation in the state, decades after the group put its money behind a proposition that overturned the state’s first fair housing law. During a press conference Friday, leaders of multiple real estate organizations spoke about their next steps, following the association's apology last week. The realtors' group is now backing a bill that would overturn a law that makes it harder for the state to build affordable housing.