When comparing homes to buy, you may discover that some communities have restrictive covenants in place. These housing rules are most common in condominiums, townhomes, planned communities and ...

People often misunderstand the distinction between restrictive covenants and zoning. Here’s my stab at setting the record straight. Restrictive covenants (which are sometimes called “protective ...

During the 20 th century, discriminatory restrictive covenants peppered property records in communities across the country. The popular use of racially restrictive covenants emerged in 1917, when the ...

Restrictive covenants affecting land can prevent a development from proceeding as planned, or possibly at all.

Kim Wrench bought his South Plaza home in the Greenway Fields subdivision in 1989. JILL TOYOSHIBA /The Kansas City Star Editor’s note: This story was originally published in 2005. Kim Wrench loves the ...

So-called “restrictive covenants,” forbidding the sale or rental of real estate to people based on their race or ethnicity, were commonplace in the middle of the 20th century, and many current real ...

WAKE COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) -- A new map released on Wednesday shows the neighborhoods in Wake County that were established under covenants with racially restrictive language, meaning people of color ...

A new time-lapse video map shows how racially restrictive covenants rapidly spread across Wake Country from 1906 to 1950. First, it’s just a small cluster of red dots — each representing a restrictive ...

October 1, 2021 - Courts in most U.S. jurisdictions have long applied close scrutiny when assessing the enforceability of restrictive covenants that purport to bar employees from engaging in ...

In 1993, Kathy Wurzer and her husband were looking for a fixer-upper – a house the couple could put their mark on. They found it in a quaint, tree-lined subdivision in Whitefish Bay. She and her ...