Black homeownership in metro Atlanta continues to fall behind

Data suggests the homeownership gap between Black and white Americans is the widest it has been in 100 years.

According to data gathered by LendingTree, Atlanta ranks seventh in the nation among cities with the lowest percentage of Black homeowners.

On Thursday’s edition of “Closer Look,” Ashani O’Mard, the senior vice president for Strategic Housing Investments at the Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership, and Karen Hatcher, the CEO and head broker for Sovereign Realty and Management, discuss the homeownership gap for Blacks residents in metro Atlanta and how they are working to close it.