In Housing Policy, Asian Americans Say “No Other”

“We need to look at, and knock down, the obstacles,” to ensure that Asian Americans enjoy equal access to homeownership.—Lawrence Yun, National Association of Realtors

WASHINGTON, DC—The Asian Real Estate Association of America braced itself for a slow slog through the Washington bureaucracy when it began its push to create a distinct racial category for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders on the US Census Bureau’s quarterly homeownership reports.

But the real estate association was in for a pleasant surprise. This week, within months of starting an advocacy campaign that was expected to take as long as a few years, the real estate association announced that Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders will have their own racial category on the closely-followed homeownership reports beginning July 1.