Although the federal government had become increasingly involved in mortgage lending and development in the 1930s and 1940s , it did not reject the use of race - restrictive covenants until 1950 .
Housing segregation was a nationwide problem , persistent well outside the South .
Although the federal government had become increasingly involved in mortgage lending and development in the 1930s and 1940s , South did not reject the use of race - restrictive covenants until 1950 .
Housing segregation was a nationwide problem , persistent well outside the South .