Despite a recent fine against Ameris Bank, former city councilman says fixing decade-old problems from redlining takes private and public partnerships.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — It's a practice that dates back nearly a century and was outlawed more than 50 years ago, but the fight continues against the
"Segregation was still alive and well in Jacksonville, I grew up with it," said Jones, who is now a Duval County School Board member and former member of Jacksonville City Council. He and his parents were also the first black family to move onto Stockton Street in the late 1950s, which was all-white at the time.
Redlining was outlawed in the 1968 Fair Housing Act. The New Town neighborhood of Jacksonville was subjected to redlining more than 60 years ago and while some homes today are well kempt, others remain boarded up and vacant.
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