The Appraisal Foundation’s Appraisal Standards Board says it needs more time to assess proposed changes designed to close the door to discrimination. Source: Inman News
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Wells Fargo is facing a potential class action lawsuit and heightened scrutiny by federal regulators, after a Bloomberg News analysis found the lender rejected requests…
Janette Miller of Miller & Perotti Real Estate Appraisals in California argues that the Fair Housing Act doesn’t apply to appraisers, but a federal regulator…
The New York-based startup helps lenders discover bias in algorithms and take a second look at rejected applicants using “cutting edge AI fairness techniques.” Source:…
Mortgage lenders are more likely to turn down homebuyers of color than white applicants with similar attributes, and algorithms are likely to blame, according to…
Biden executive order directs HUD to review the effects of its repeal of the 2015 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule and weakening of the “disparate…
Fudge, whose district includes parts of Cleveland and Akron, Ohio, lobbied to become the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, according to Politico. Source:…
Judge says Trump administration housing discrimination rule appears to “make it easier for offending defendants to dodge liability and more difficult for plaintiffs to succeed.” …
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died on Friday, is being remembered as a champion for civil rights, including fair housing. Source: Inman…
Housing and civil rights groups slammed the new Housing and Urban Development rules as attacks on the Fair Housing Act. Source: Inman News