De Facto Redlining as a Challenge to Integration: A Case Study of Refugees in the Salt Lake Valley

Authors

Clare Willardson, Brigham Young University
Dr. Gregory Thompson, Brigham Young University

Keywords

de facto relining, integration, refugees, Salt Lake Valley

College

Family, Home, and Social Sciences

Department

Anthropology

Abstract

Approximately 1,200 refugees are resettled in Utah each year, adding to the 50-60,000 refugees (speaking more than 40 languages) accepted here since 1970. Ninety-nine percent of resettled refugees still live in Salt Lake Valley, the majority of whom are initially placed in West Valley and South Salt Lake due to its affordable housing (see Figure 1 and Figure 2 for reference). Upon resettlement, each family is assigned a case worker through their non-profit resettlement agency that enrolls children in a local public school, and mediates for medical, employment, financial, and other concerns that adult refugees experience post-resettlement.

Recommended Citation

Willardson, Clare and Thompson, Dr. Gregory (2018) "De Facto Redlining as a Challenge to Integration: A Case Study of Refugees in the Salt Lake Valley," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2018: Iss. 1, Article 31.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2018/iss1/31