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    Trump’s False Black Home Ownership Claim

    President Donald Trump made the false claim that "black home ownership just hit the highest level it has ever been in the history of our country." That's not remotely accurate. The post Trump’s False Black Home Ownership Claim appeared first on FactCheck.org.
    by Eugene Kiely Dec 11, 2017 2 minutes

    President Donald Trump made the false claim that “black home ownership just hit the highest level it has ever been in the history of our country.” That’s not remotely accurate.

    The National Association of Realtors referred us to the Census Bureau, which has quarterly survey data by race dating to). The black home ownership rate was for the third quarter of 2017, and there have been 86 quarters since 1994 that had higher rates than that, according to the Census Bureau.

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