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How Twin Cities housing rules keep the metro segregated

Decades of zoning policies that prioritize single-family homes have perpetuated more racially explicit discrimination.

By MaryJo Webster and

Michael Corey

August 10, 2021 at 10:23PM
The suburb of Prior Lake features large homes abutting golf courses and lakes. Photo by Mark Vancleave.
The Twin Cities suburb of Prior Lake (Mark Vancleave - Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
about the writers

about the writers

MaryJo Webster

Data Editor

MaryJo Webster is the data editor for the Minnesota Star Tribune. She teams up with reporters to analyze data for stories across a wide range of topics and beats and also oversees a small team of other data journalists.

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Michael Corey

News Developer

Michael Corey is a news developer for the Star Tribune. He specializes in data journalism, and his reporting has focused on mapping, science, remote sensing, history, data on the radio, police use of force, the U.S.-Mexico border wall and sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.

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