Our Call to Action

Confronting Racial Injustice

At Framework Homeownership, it’s our mission to acknowledge and confront structural and persistent barriers of systemic racism that have historically kept misrepresented communities from experiencing the benefits of homeownership.

We live our mission every day, but we have much more work to do. As we continue to actively examine how we as an organization can do our part to call out and correct systemic racial injustice, we will share our thoughts, plans, and actions on this page to keep the momentum toward effecting real, lasting change.

Please read on and join us in our commitment to listen, learn, and lead the housing industry forward in this movement.

 

Learning

When it comes to breaking the patterns of systemic racism in our society, and in our housing industry, we know there is much work to be done. One way to start is by learning, together. The following is a list of resources hand-selected by the Framework employees, partners, and friends. It’s a starting point that we hope will offer insight, perspective, and an opportunity for all of us to reflect on why learning — and sometimes unlearning and learning anew — is so critical to our growth as a human race.

I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness

Austin Channing Brown

America is Not the Heart

Elaine Castillo

The Sympathizer

Viet Thanh Nguyen

 

< ACCESS OUR FULL LIST OF LEARNING RESOURCES HERE >

 

 

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Leading

Our mission is deeply rooted in creating equitable and inclusive products for sustainable homeownership, but our commitment to widening access and closing knowledge gaps begins within our own organization. Strengthening our commitment to racial equity and inclusion means taking the lead through this change in the decisions we make. We are taking reformative action in the following areas:

Staff education and training

We are exploring ways to build an actively anti-racist organization, including consideration of the language we use and unconscious bias.

Equitable research and design

We set a goal to make our research practices equitable, by making sure that commonly underrepresented voices are elevated, and inclusive, making it easy for anyone to participate.

Find out more about our equitable and inclusive research practices.

Hiring and employee policies

We will continue to work diligently to ensure that we are including structures and policies for diversity and equity in our recruiting practices.

There is more to come. We are growing and moving forward every day and we ask that you check back often as we update this page with ongoing plans to keep up the momentum toward lasting change.

 

 

Listening

Decades ago, protests of racial injustice occurred during a time when sharing information was confined to television, radio, written material or personal exchanges. Today, with social media, every voice has an amplifier. And it is our duty to listen, challenge what we think we know, and feel uncomfortable in the process. This is part of our growth.

Please join us on social media as we continue the conversation: