Local pollution exposures disproportionately impact minority households, but the root causes remain unclear. This study conducts a correspondence experiment on a major online housing platform to test whether housing discrimination constrains minority access to housing options in markets with significant sources of airborne chemical toxics. We find that renters with African American or Hispanic/LatinX names are 41% less likely than renters with White names to receive responses for properties in low-exposure locations. We find no evidence of discriminatory constraints in high-exposure locations, indicating that discrimination increases relative access to housing choices at elevated exposure risk.

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美国的住房歧视和毒物暴露差距：来自租赁市场的证据

当地污染暴露对少数民族家庭的影响不成比例，但根本原因尚不清楚。本研究在一个主要的在线住房平台上进行了一项对应实验，以测试住房歧视是否会限制少数群体在具有大量空气传播化学毒物来源的市场中获得住房选择。我们发现，拥有非裔美国人或西班牙裔/拉丁裔姓名的租房者收到对低风险地区房产回复的可能性比拥有白人姓名的租房者低 41%。我们没有发现在高暴露地点存在歧视性限制的证据，这表明歧视增加了在暴露风险较高的情况下获得住房选择的相对机会。