Changing Technology, Durable Segregation, and Household Residential Decisionmaking

This chapter reviews current research on the processes through which households choose neighborhoods and how those decision contribute to residential segregation on the basis of race and class. It begins by reviewing the role that household and neighborhood level characteristics play in households decisionmaking about neighborhoods of residence. It goes on to discuss in more detail the continuing significance of neighborhood racial composition in that decisionmaking process. To understand why neighborhood racial composition may continue to play such a significant role, it looks at existing literature on the concept of implicit bias in the housing context. It concludes by examining differences in the sources of information households turn to in the search process and exploring the implications of changing technology and changing search processes on neighborhood choices and residential segregation