Some Arizona property deeds contain racist restrictions. A new law seeks to nullify them

Dianne Post didn’t believe it until she saw it, right there in the deed to her central Phoenix home.  “Sure enough, on page 13 there it is: ‘This property may only be sold only to Caucasians’,” Post said, reading from her paperwork.  Racially based restrictions on property sales are unenforceable. But a new law that takes effect later this year will allow Arizona property owners who have such restrictions written into their deeds or covenants, conditions and restrictions, known as CC&Rs, to effectively nullify the language.   Read the article…………………………….

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