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- StarTribune <br />(http://www.startribune.com) <br />ST. LOUIS PARK SHAKOPEE <br />7% Black population, Less than 8% Black population, 13% <br />1% residential land zoned for residential land zoned for <br />multifamily. multifamily. <br />Sources: City governments, U.S. Census Bureau, OpenStreetMap contributors <br />(https:r(Yitt r/ftteilk <br />u=httpis t Wo <br />twin- twin- <br />cities- cities- <br />housirtausing- <br />rules- rules- <br />keep- keep- <br />the- the- <br />metro-metro-(https:, <br />segre <br />he homes that Stroder has been pining for in St. Louis Park tell the <br />story of how this kind of zoning shaped the Twin Cities' suburbs. <br />The small, entry-level homes were built to solve a massive housing <br />shortage and provide homes for returning World War II servicemen <br />and their families. Financing was available through the GI Bill, but Black <br />veterans had difficulty getting approved. (https://www.history.com/news/gi- <br />bill-black-wwii-veterans-benefits) <br />Thousands of these new homes built in the first -ring suburbs in the 1940s were <br />also protected by (racial covenants @ , , snippets of text that developers <br />included in property deeds prohibiting people of color from buying or <br />occupying those properties. <br />