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A Continued Pattern of Abuse

By Liz Ryan Murray, National People’s Action,This post is part of an ongoing series based on the National Fair Housing Alliance report, “The Banks Are Back, Our Neighborhoods Are Not,” that examines ongoing discrimination in the marketing and maintenance of bank-owned foreclosed properties. This series is also posted on Shelterforce.org’s blog Rooflines. – What a difference a generation makes.
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Report Finds Banks Continued Abusive Practice After Foreclosure Settlement

US Politics / Liberal : Think Progress (8 months ago)

The nation’s five biggest banks signed a settlement in February with the Department of Justice and most of the nation’s state attorneys general that allowed the banks to avoid going to court for their role in the foreclosure fraud s... Read Post

Landmark Study Finds Widespread Anti-Gay Housing Discrimination

US Politics / Liberal : Think Progress (15 hours ago)

In the first study of its kind, a report by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) found that same-sex couples experience unfavorable treatment in the online rental housing market as compared to opposite-sex coup... Read Post

Racial Discrimination by Banks Only Worsens the Foreclosure Crisis

US Politics / Liberal : AlterNet Blogs: Speakeasy (last year)

By Alan Jenkins, Executive Director and Co-Founder, The Opportunity Agenda, This is the first entry in a series based on the National Fair Housing Alliance report, “The Banks Are Back, Our Neighborhoods Are Not,” that examines ongoi... Read Post


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