'Back at square one again': A Black homebuyer's struggle to buy a piece of the American Dream

With Black homeownership rates dipping, USA Today’s James Brown discusses the state of the housing market with Housing and Economy reporter Swapna Venugopal and what it’s like to try to purchase your first home in your 60's with a first hand account from an African American woman named Sonia McGhee. 

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