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Real Estate/Development,
Civil Rights

Jun. 11, 2020

One lawyer’s mission: eradicate racist covenants

While the U.S. Supreme Court found racially discriminatory covenant provisions in homeowner agreement unconstitutional in 1948 in Shelly v. Kraemer, the language still exists on thousands of deeds.

One lawyer’s mission: eradicate racist covenants
After Elise R. Sanguinetti of Arias Sanguinetti Wang & Torrijos LLP found Jim Crow-era language in her homeowner's agreement she began a campaign to get it removed pro bono from others' documents. (Courtesy of Elise R. Sanguinetti)

After being shocked to see Jim Crow-era language in her homeowner's agreement attempting to preclude people of color from occupying her house, Elise Sanguinetti of Arias Sanguinetti Wang & Torrijos LLP said she has made it her goal to erase this language from thousands of homeowner agreements nationwide.

When buying or selling a property, most property agreements and deeds include a provision called "Covenants, Conditions, and Restri...

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