Redlining in real estate refers to when lenders deny loans based on the neighborhood’s racial makeup. Banned by the Fair Housing Act in 1968, redlining and other forms of housing discrimination ...

Housing discrimination is deeply embedded in America’s past — and mortgage lenders are partly responsible through the practice of redlining. In a nutshell, redlining is mortgage discrimination ...

The Fair Housing Act of 1968 made race-based redlining illegal. However, it did little to help victims of discrimination. "While then things would change over time, the Civil Rights Act ...

banks denied housing loans to black Americans and other minorities— an action that made homebuying more difficult and discouraged investments in infrastructure, businesses and education. "We were ...

Redlining was officially abolished in the 1970s, yet recent analysis of Milwaukee neighborhoods shows racial percentages bear a striking resemblance to the codified 1930s map. Campaigning for change: ...

The Syracuse City School District continues to feel the effects of segregation after the city's historic redlining.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is investigating HSBC Bank USA over allegations that it engaged in discriminatory lending practices in majority Black and Hispanic ...

In an extraordinary move stemming from a 2020 redlining lawsuit, an official working with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) at the behest of the White House Office of Management and ...