Neighborhood racial segregation continues to be a major social problem within America's metropolitan areas. One factor possibly accounting for segregation is the inability of minority households to afford housing in White neighborhoods, where housing units historically have been largely owner-occupied single-family homes. In recent years there has been a dramatic shift in the housing makeup of many of these neighborhoods, with single-family rentals increasing in share. Rentals lower the cost of neighborhood entry. Our results, which suggest that these rentals reduce neighborhood racial segregation for Blacks, support policies that seek to maintain and grow single-family rentals within White neighborhoods.

邻里种族隔离仍然是美国大都市地区的主要社会问题。可能造成种族隔离的一个因素是，少数族裔家庭无力负担怀特地区的住房，这些地区的住房历史上一直是业主自住的单户住宅。近年来，这些社区中许多社区的住房结构发生了巨大变化，单身家庭的租金所占份额增加了。租金降低了邻居进入的成本。我们的结果表明，这些租金减少了黑人的邻里种族隔离，支持了旨在维持和增加白人社区内单户租金的政策。