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Burlington Self-Survey on Human Relations: Final report, 1950
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76 HOUSING OF THE BURLINGTON NEGRO In 1940, there were 7,058 structures 8,402 dwelling units available for use in Burlington. Of the total 7,861 occupied dwelling units, 104 or 1.3 per cent were under use by nonwhites who constituted 1.0 per cent of the population. In terms of the gross housing supply, therefore, these proportions suggest an equitable distribution of the supply and Negroes do not appear to be disadvantaged. Thus, if there presently exists any special problem of Negro housing, it would be found in the character of the housing available to Negroes and in improvements in the supply and quality of housing which have occurred since 1940. An additional and related factor concerns the degree of residential segregation which restricts supply as well as the availability of better housing. For the most part, new housing of both private and public sources has not been occupied by Negro families. There is, accordingly, a probable disadvantage to the Negro population in terms of this new market. The most pertinent factors which apply to our concern with a possible racial problem in local housing seem to be reduced to the quality of housing, and to practices involved in operating the housing market which may affect the availability of good housing to Negroes. In contrast to the residential pattern of large urban centers with ghetto-like areas occupied almost exclusively by Negroes, the pattern of Burlington is generally unsegregated. The small 1940 Negro population of 265 persons was distributed through all but one of the city's seven wards, the exception being the first ward. There were. however, small concentrations of Negro dwellings within these wards. Although the Negro population has
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76 HOUSING OF THE BURLINGTON NEGRO In 1940, there were 7,058 structures 8,402 dwelling units available for use in Burlington. Of the total 7,861 occupied dwelling units, 104 or 1.3 per cent were under use by nonwhites who constituted 1.0 per cent of the population. In terms of the gross housing supply, therefore, these proportions suggest an equitable distribution of the supply and Negroes do not appear to be disadvantaged. Thus, if there presently exists any special problem of Negro housing, it would be found in the character of the housing available to Negroes and in improvements in the supply and quality of housing which have occurred since 1940. An additional and related factor concerns the degree of residential segregation which restricts supply as well as the availability of better housing. For the most part, new housing of both private and public sources has not been occupied by Negro families. There is, accordingly, a probable disadvantage to the Negro population in terms of this new market. The most pertinent factors which apply to our concern with a possible racial problem in local housing seem to be reduced to the quality of housing, and to practices involved in operating the housing market which may affect the availability of good housing to Negroes. In contrast to the residential pattern of large urban centers with ghetto-like areas occupied almost exclusively by Negroes, the pattern of Burlington is generally unsegregated. The small 1940 Negro population of 265 persons was distributed through all but one of the city's seven wards, the exception being the first ward. There were. however, small concentrations of Negro dwellings within these wards. Although the Negro population has
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