11/18/2020
From FOX 4 News:
“We’re trying to take a community that had been formally maligned and formally taken advantage of and turn it into something positive,” said Ajia Morris, co-founder of The Greenline Initiative.
Morris started The Greenline Initiative alongside her husband, Christopher. The mission of the organization is to increase Black generational wealth through property ownership and investment.
“The racial wealth gap is widening, and one of the primary ways people can accumulate generational wealth is through homeownership,” Ajia said. “That’s one step we can take to close the divide.”
“The impact is not just for the family that purchased the home, but when you fix up a vacant or blighted home, the neighborhood is immediately impacted,” Christopher said. “It’s more beautiful, safer.”
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