1935 Residential Securities Map, Austin
Title
1935 Residential Securities Map, Austin
Subject
City planning - Texas - Austin.
Segregation
Housing discrimination--Redlining
Mortgage bonds
Housing--United States--Statistics
Description
Residential security map of Austin, Texas. Residential neighborhoods were graded from A to D (“best” to “hazardous”) "A" districts, colored green on the map, indicated that mortgage lenders should consider this area “safe” and low-risk for loans, while “D” districts were considered unsafe for mortgage lenders and and colored red.
Creator
Home Owners’ Lending Corporation (HOLC)
Source
National Archives, Record Group 145--Austin Texas Folder
Publisher
Federal Home Loan Bank Board (FHLBB)
Date
1935
Contributor
Federal Home Loan Bank Board (FHLBB)
Power, Eleanor
Rights
Public domain
Format
Portable Document Format
Language
English
Type
Map
Coverage
Austin (Tex.)
Original Format
Paper report
Citation
Home Owners’ Lending Corporation (HOLC), “1935 Residential Securities Map, Austin,” Hidden Histories at the University of Texas at Austin, accessed September 16, 2026, https://hiddenhistoriesut.org/items/show/708.
Comments
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