Which of the following is NOT a result of decades of redlining in some U.S. communities?

• A. Integrated schools
• B. Decline in property values in redlined areas
• C. Concentration of poverty in redlined neighborhoods
• D. Restricted access to credit in minority neighborhoods

Answer: (A)

Redlining creates a pattern of housing discrimination and disinvestment that clamps neighborhoods into limited demographics and underfunded services. Because lenders deny or restrict mortgages and loans in minority neighborhoods, these areas lose investment, property values tend to fall, and poverty concentrates as opportunities to move, improve homes, or access credit shrink. Schools in these redlined areas often reflect the surrounding segregation and funding gaps, resulting in less integration rather than more. So, the outcome that does not arise from decades of redlining is integrated schools. The other consequences—decline in property values in redlined areas, concentration of poverty in redlined neighborhoods, and restricted access to credit in minority neighborhoods—are characteristic results of this discriminatory pattern.