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Trailer | Owned: A Tale of Two Americas

Exposé on how American housing policy has been manipulated in discriminatory ways.

Aired 02/07/2022

Independent Lens

Trailer | Owned: A Tale of Two Americas

Preview: Season 23 Episode 8 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions

Exposé on how American housing policy has been manipulated in discriminatory ways.

Is the "American Dream" of home ownership a false promise? While the government’s postwar housing policy created the world’s largest middle class, it also set America on two divergent paths – one of perceived wealth and the other of systematically defunded, segregated communities.

Aired 02/07/2022

Independent Lens

Trailer | Owned: A Tale of Two Americas

Preview: Season 23 Episode 8 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions

Is the "American Dream" of home ownership a false promise? While the government’s postwar housing policy created the world’s largest middle class, it also set America on two divergent paths – one of perceived wealth and the other of systematically defunded, segregated communities.

Aired 02/07/2022

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