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Queens apartment seekers allege broker's text exposed housing discrimination

A couple has filed a lawsuit against a real estate brokerage, an agent and several property owners after they say a broker sent a text message that allegedly racially profiled them...

How the Federal Fair Housing Act Protects Older Adults

Most people know the federal Fair Housing Act (FHA) as the law that bans housing discrimination based on race or national origin. However, fewer people realize how often it is rele...

‘Ugh, they're black': Couple snubbed in mis-text sues for housing discrimination

A Black couple searching for an apartment in Queens has filed a housing discrimination lawsuit against a real estate agent, Douglas Elliman, and the owners of a home after allegedl...

Ditch the DEI: HUD to Investigate Whether Wells Fargo's Home Loans Skirted Fair Housing Act

Florida’s new law bars zoning discrimination against factory-built homes

Section 553.385 requires qualifying off-site constructed single-family homes to receive the same local zoning treatment as site-built homes - while preserving neutral design and de...

Fair housing groups notch win in legal battle with HUD

HUD’s funding cut rationale “does not add up,” the judge said when blocking the plan. Plus, Fed gov. responds to fraud claims; more layoffs at Fannie Mae.

Mortgage Trade Group Challenges New Jersey Disparate Impact Rules

On September 3, a national mortgage trade association filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey challenging the state’s disparate impact rules under...

Civil rights groups warn private listings could widen housing inequities

The groups cite demographic gaps between sellers and first-time buyers, warning that withheld MLS exposure can advantage older, wealthier networks

Letting Agencies Illegal Colour Bar – 2013

Letting Agencies Illegal Colour Bar: On Tuesday 15 October 2013 people were quick to react to to a BBC London investigation broadcast the previous night showing that letting agents...

Oklahoma Landlord to Pay $52K for Violating Fair Housing Act

The Justice Department announced that the owners of a residential rental property in Oklahoma City have agreed to pay $52,500 to resolve a lawsuit alleging that they refused to ren...

Wells Fargo Faces HUD Probe Over Efforts To Boost Black Homeownership

The Department of Housing and Urban Development is probing Wells Fargo over fair-housing concerns, according to a new report.

HUD, Multnomah County Reach Agreement to Change Housing Assistance Screening Rules

HUD says Multnomah County, Oregon, agreed to revise homeless housing-assistance screening criteria, reassess affected applicants and train staff following a federal civil-rights in...

Jefferson County jury awards LDG $36M in housing discrimination lawsuit

LDG Development won a $36 million verdict in a discrimination lawsuit against the city of Prospect, resolving a yearslong dispute over a senior housing project.

Race-segregated dorms? HUD investigating universities over 'identity-based' communities

The Trump administration is investigating a pair of federally funded universities accused of violating civil rights laws over their race-specific student-housing communities.The Un...

FTC Settles First Federal Price Discrimination Case in Decades, Taking the Opportunity to Articulate a Detailed Enforcem...

‘Ugh. They are Black’: Couple Sues Real Estate Firm After Receiving Racist Text

Lisa Renee Olaso and her fiancée, Cyril Christopher, were searching for a rental apartment in June after relocating from Delaware for Olaso’s new job. 

Wells Fargo faces housing probe over Black homeownership lending

Trump housing officials are questioning whether race-focused mortgage programs crossed the line under the Fair Housing Act

California adds fair lending teeth to routine mortgage exams

Nondiscrimination violations now carry the same consequences as any CRMLA breach

Jews and Discrimination Based on Religion or Based on Ethnicity?

The Civil Rights of Act of 1866 (42 U.S.C. § 1981) was interpreted in the late 1960s as prohibiting discrimination… The post Jews and Discrimination Based on Religion or Based on E...

Trump Admin Says It’s Clearing the ‘Biden Backlog’ of Fair Housing Complaints, But Activists Disagree

HUD says it's chipping away at the nation's backlog of Fair Housing complaints. But not all groups agree with its methods.

Massachusetts judge slaps HUD with restraining order over Fair Housing changes

Massachusetts judge slaps HUD with restraining order over Fair Housing changes Zachary Whalen Fri, 08/28/2026 - 07:00 Primary Image...

Federal judge grants TRO against Department of Housing and Urban Development’s halt of Private Enforcement Initiative fu...

Judge Myong J. Joun of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts on Wednesday granted a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) against the Department of Housing...

Three California cities sued over transit housing law defiance

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