The gap in the homeownership rate between Black and white families in the U.S. is bigger today than when it was legal to refuse to sell someone a home because of the color of their skin, according to data from the Urban Institute. The percentage of Black people who own homes in Washington state is 31.1%, well below the national average of 42.6% and less than half of the white homeownership rate in Washington state, which sits at 64%. Read more: https://www.king5.com/article/news/community/facing-race/black-homeownership-washington-state-racism/281-b12a3eb0-d907-4a51-b686-6ac3f462ab86