tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725743381494749667.post3460052388663061109..comments2024-03-09T11:48:19.964-08:00Comments on Kit House Hunters: Where are the Sears Houses - November 2018 EditionKit House Huntershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02724539014570751839noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725743381494749667.post-49389972915052373072018-11-28T07:05:20.336-08:002018-11-28T07:05:20.336-08:00Matt - You raise a good point that Sears policy al...Matt - You raise a good point that Sears policy alone wouldn't allow African-American families to overcome deed restrictions that were included in many subdivision plats. In those cases, those families would still need to seek property unencumbered by those kinds of restrictions. However, many families were still able to built by building in locations where such restrictions did not exist. <br /><br />There are only a handful of known Sears houses in Kalamazoo and I haven't had a chance to do research into which ones were funded through mortgages from Sears and whether any of those to African-American families. That would be a great project for someone local to Kalamazoo and I would be interested in finding out the results if someone did that. Kit House Huntershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02724539014570751839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725743381494749667.post-64119910136577580642018-11-23T10:30:45.576-08:002018-11-23T10:30:45.576-08:00In your KPL presentation, you claim that "as ...In your KPL presentation, you claim that "as long as their money was green," black people could simply apply to Sears for a kit house and start building. Except that Kalamazoo was filled by lot/plat restrictions which prohibited black people from living in those areas. In 1945 it was estimated that between 85% to 95% of Kalamazoo homes were restricted to black people, either through lot restrictions or deed restrictions, which weren't officially prohibited until the 1968 Fair Housing Act. Have you considered that? If Kit houses were a good alternative option for black people facing local discrimination in mortgage lending, do you have several examples of black people getting Sears homes in Kalamazoo? Where are they located?<br />Regards,<br />MattAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14748192218402571363noreply@blogger.com