Tag Archives: Discrimination

Researchers from Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies point out that lawmakers and regulators proved during the pandemic that policy-based housing solutions are possible in a time of crisis.

According to a new report from the National Association of Realtors, people of color nationwide are facing homebuying challenges, while the Asian American rate of homebuying difficulty reaches all-time high.

Fannie Mae’s Jake Williamson and Appraisal Institute President Craig Steinley share their perspective with MReport about how the industry is working to improve the appraisal process in 2023.

Black homeownership rates are improving, but there is still work to be done to ensure true equality in the market. Read on for details of a new study.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development aims to align the current Disparate Impact Rule with a Supreme Court ruling and also address the role of technology through the amendment.

The recently passed Equality Act intends to add protections against LGBTQ discrimination into the federal Civil Rights law.

On Wednesday, March 14, 2018, the American Mortgage Diversity Council (AMDC), in partnership with Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) of Chicago, hosted a town hall discussion with leaders from the ...

Under department's 2015 Fair Housing Initiatives Program Notice of Funding Availability, HUD outlined in a grant notice on Thursday that it is making $39.2 million available to fight housing discrimination. This year’s funding notice will also create six new types of grants that support fair housing capacity building, education, and outreach activities, as well as testing in rental and sales transactions.

Witnesses presented new evidence at a recent House Subcommittee hearing that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) discriminated against its employees and retaliated against the whistleblowers. It was the fourth hearing in which the CFPB's employees or former employees have testified of discrimination and retaliation within the Bureau since the investigation of such allegations began in April 2014.

Allegations of workplace discrimination within the CFPB arose in 2013 when documents were leaked by employees to the media. Employees alleged they were givin unfair evaluations based on gender, race, and age, not job performance. Head of the CFPB Rirchard Cordray admitted the employee evaluation system used in 2012 and 2013 was unfair and launched his own internal report last year. Cordray’s report found black and Hispanic workers, those over age 40, those outside Washington, D.C. and those in the union were more likely to get bad performance evaluations under the system, which worsened their pay and career advancement prospects.