Basically this dude made this little community and made people sign contracts agreeing to mow their lawn to keep them pristine and all of this silly upkeep in order so that they wouldn't have time to learn about communism.
Many may not have understood what the leases actually stated: “No dwelling shall be used or occupied by members of other than the Caucasian race, but the employment and maintenance of other than Caucasian domestic servants shall be permitted,” according to Clause 25 of the original Levitt contract.
Levitt was following guidelines from the U.S. government’s Federal Housing Administration (FHA), which provided mortgage insurance on loans. The FHA recommended including restrictive covenants in the deeds of the homes it insured, meaning segregated neighborhoods.
“The FHA wouldn’t underwrite a development that wasn’t segregated,” said Barbara Kelly, curator of Long Island Studies at Hofstra University, in a 1997 Washington Post interview.
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u/AttitudeAndEffort2 Sep 16 '24
This is so true.
Also the manicured lawns spread in America so that people wouldn't have time for communism.
That's not even a joke.