The Hill: HUD processed less than 5 percent of all housing discrimination complaints in 2017
In 2017, the number of reported housing discrimination complaints increased slightly to 28,843, according to the report. Of these, HUD processed 1,311.
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Forbes: Mortgage lending to poor under attack and blacks, hispanics priced out of housing markets
A newly revealed suggestion to revamp a basic concept in the Community Reinvestment Act could undermine long-standing attempts to minimize redlining and improve needed investment in minority and low-income communities.
The New York Times: Trump’s war on the poor
The cruelty of this administration’s cuts isn’t a bug, it’s a feature.
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MarketWatch: How ‘redlining’ still hurts home values
The racist lending policy continues to affect consumers to this day
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Washington Post: HUD Secretary Ben Carson to propose raising rent for low-income Americans receiving federal housing subsidies
This proposal is part of a comprehensive effort by the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress to restrict access to the safety net and reduce the levels of assistance for those who do qualify.
HuffPost: Kristen Gillibrand unveils a public option for banking
The idea would provide a low-cost alternative to payday loans — and it might just save the Postal Service, too.
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New York Times: A lynching memorial is opening. The country has never seen anything like it.
The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, opening Thursday in Montgomery, Ala., is dedicated to victims of white supremacy.
The Atlantic: What happens when geneticists talk sloppily about race
The field widely agrees that race is a social construct, but gets into trouble when it ignores semantics.
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Zillow: Home values remain low in vast majority of formerly redlined neighborhoods
Home values in the vast majority of neighborhoods that were “redlined” as hazardous for mortgage lending by the federal government 80 years ago are lower now than in areas rated more highly.
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Slate: Status whoa
A new study finds that Obama voters who went Trump were motivated not by economic anxiety, but by a fear of losing power.
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Reveal: Warren writes to regulators on ‘disturbing pattern’ of fair housing changes
The Democratic Senator said officials are rolling back anti-discrimination protections for people of color in the face of modern-day redlining.
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CityLab: Why entrepreneurs of color are struggling
Is there a way to close the vast racial startup gap?
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The New York Times: Zelle, the banks’ answer to Venmo, proves vulnerable to fraud
The personal payment platform Zelle is flourishing. But so are fraudsters, who are exploiting weaknesses in the banks’ security.
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Bloomberg: Palantir knows everything about you
Peter Thiel’s data-mining company is using War on Terror tools to track American citizens. The scary thing? Palantir is desperate for new customers.
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New York Times: Punishing Wells Fargo: Just dessert, or beating a dead horse?
At this point it’s hard to imagine what more Wells Fargo can do (or how much more it can spend) to make amends.
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