HUD has announced three Plano, Texas landlords will pay damages, civil penalties, and attorney’s fees totaling $140,649 for violating the Fair Housing Act after refusing to rent to a Black woman because of her race.
Read More »CFPB and DOJ Reach Agreement With Trident Mortgage Over ECOA Violations
Settlement with mortgage lender for $22 million-plus marks the first redlining settlement that the CFPB and DOJ has reached with a non-bank entity.
Read More »HUD Reaches Settlements Over Fair Housing Act Violations
In two separate cases, HUD has reached agreements in Massachusetts and California with several parties in settling housing discrimination claims.
Read More »Rep. Waters Pushes Further Prevention of Appraisal Discrimination
Chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee reaches out to PAVE Co-Chairs seeking action plan and timeline implementation of each action.
Read More »Attention to Detail
As the CFPB swings into full enforcement mode with loss mitigation underway, Meghan Jones-Rolla of Mortgage Connect discusses how the industry is handling the Bureau’s mandate of “unprepared is unacceptable.”
Read More »HUD Tackles the Role of Algorithms in Fair Housing
Here’s what HUD has to say about housing discrimination by companies using algorithms in a proposed amendment to address the definition and rules of disparate impact under the Fair Housing Act.
Read More »HUD Addresses Discrimination in Housing
Here's what critics and proponents of a proposed rule from the Department f Housing and Urban Development have to say about about how HUD is handling discrimination in housing.
Read More »House of Representatives Passes Equality Act—Potential Industry Impact
The Equality Act includes protections for homeowners on the basis of sex, gender, and orientation.
Read More »Extending the Fair Housing Act to the LGBTQ Community
Here's how lawmakers are attempting to update the Fair Housing Act through protections aimed at the LGBTQ community.
Read More »Benjamin Carson on HUD: “A Force for Fairness”
In response to a recent op-ed, Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Benjamin Carson defended HUD’s claim against Facebook. Here's what he said.
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