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Nelima Sitati Munene, a member of the Metropolitan Council Equity Advisory Committee and executive director of African Career, Education and Resource, attended a picnic with residents of a Brooklyn Center community to discuss tenant issues. Photo by Shari Gross. None of these ordinances mention race, but they perpetuate segregation that took root decades ago in an era of more racially explicit housing discrimination. Today, they are seen as a major reason the Twin Cities has some of the nation’s worst disparities (https://www.startribune.com/x/600072649/) in income, wealth and homeownership between white residents and people of color. In Minnesota and across the country, a growing number of lawmakers, city planners and advocates for racial equity and housing affordability are pushing cities to drop rules that restrict areas to only single-family housing. They say allowing a — such as duplexes, triplexes or row houses — when properties are redeveloped would make those single-family neighborhoods accessible to a more diverse population and improve affordability for everyone. zoning i mix of housing types i (http://www.startribune.com) (https://www.facebo u=https%3A%2F% twin- cities- housing- rules- keep- the- metro- segregated%2F600 (https://twitte url=https%3A twin- cities- housing- rules- keep- the- metro- segregated% (https:/ section