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Wheat Ridge revisits racist history in housing policy, “untying these nasty, nasty knots”

City leaders formally declare discriminatory covenants on deeds “illegal and unenforceable”

Rachel Hultin poses for a portrait ...
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post
Rachel Hultin poses for a portrait outside of her home in Wheat Ridge on July 26, 2022. Hultin is mayor pro tem for the city. She discovered a race-exclusive covenant on the deed to her home which essentially states only a white person could own the house. While this practice has long been outlawed, the city of Wheat Ridge on Monday passed a resolution declaring these types of discriminatory covenants “illegal unenforceable.”
DENVER, CO - OCTOBER 2:  Staff portraits at the Denver Post studio.  (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
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At Monday night's council meeting, Wheat Ridge Councilwoman Valerie Nosler Beck said the resolution denouncing racist language attached to properties in the city is part of a long process of "untying these nasty, nasty knots."
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