Even accounting for factors lenders said would explain disparities, people of color are denied mortgages at significantly higher rates than White people.
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Reveal submits testimony to Congress
Senior reporter Aaron Glantz shares the findings of Reveal’s investigation into modern-day redlining with the House Financial Services Committee.
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Unmasking the secret landlords buying up America
Government data on anonymous shell companies buying homes with cash should be shared with the public.
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Homewreckers
After the housing bust, these men destroyed the American dream of homeownership. Learn how the Homewreckers did it and meet a woman who fought back.
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Can algorithms be racist? Trump’s housing department says no
A new HUD rule would make it difficult for banks to be sued when their algorithms result in people of color being disproportionately denied housing.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau moves to limit home loan data
The Trump administration intends to roll back Obama-era rules that dramatically expanded public access to home mortgage data.
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The red line: Racial disparities in lending
In dozens of cities across the country, lenders are more likely to deny mortgage loans to applicants of color than white ones.
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Back on the bus: A civil rights struggle rolls on
For people of color, banks are shutting the door to homeownership. Philadelphia’s transit agency has been fighting to keep this story off the streets.
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We exposed modern-day redlining in 61 cities. Find out what’s happened since
Proposed legislation in D.C., investigations from state attorneys general and down payment assistance in Philadelphia are among the developments.
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Sen. Warren’s new bill is designed to combat modern-day redlining
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren unveiled a bill that one advocate said would be the first law since 1968 “to redress a century of housing discrimination.”