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Extreme heat risks higher for affordable housing residents

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As the U.S. housing crisis deepens and climate change intensifies, residents of affordable housing are vulnerable to dangerous and sometimes deadly extreme heat, according to new analysis from the Union of Concerned Scientists. The report, titled “Colliding Crises,” examined nearly 8 million homes in key segments of the affordable housing market — including public and […]

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HUD rolls back Fair Housing enforcement, internal records show

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Internal documents and interviews reviewed by The New York Times reveal that Trump administration officials at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) have sharply limited enforcement of the Fair Housing Act — a cornerstone civil rights law designed to prevent discrimination in housing. Emails, memos and testimony from current and former employees obtained

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Fired Fannie Mae workers sue over discrimination

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Dozens of former Fannie Mae employees filed a lawsuit this week, alleging discrimination after being abruptly fired in April over donations made through the government-sponsored enterprise’s charitable program.  The lawsuit, filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, claims that on April 2, more than 80 employees received an email from

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Judge dismisses Maryland appraisal discrimination case and defamation countersuit

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A federal judge has dismissed the claims of both the plaintiffs and defendants in an appraisal discrimination lawsuit that garnered national attention when it was filed in 2022. Nathan Connolly and Shani Mott — Maryland homeowners who are Black — sued appraiser Shane Lanham, his company 20/20 Valuations and mortgage lender loanDepot for allegedly undervaluing

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PAVE task force 2.0? Senate Democrat introduces appraisal bias legislation

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The Trump administration has “effectively disbanded” the interagency Property Appraisal and Valuation Equity (PAVE) task force, but a Democratic senator wants to revive it. Raphael Warnock of Georgia introduced the Appraisal Modernization Act on Thursday. The legislation seeks to address systemic bias in the appraisal process, effectively writing into law many of the measures the

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Trump administration ‘effectively disbands’ the PAVE task force

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The Trump administration announced Thursday that it has ended the major policy provisions of the Biden-era Property Appraisal and Valuation Equity (PAVE) task force, “effectively disbanding” a program that sought to eliminate racial bias in the appraisal process. The directive primarily applies to two rules. One required appraisers and mortgage lenders to comply with the

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State AGs oppose HUD’s plan to roll back fair housing marketing rules

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California Attorney General Rob Bonta — along with a coalition of 20 other attorneys general — is urging the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to abandon a proposed rule that would eliminate federal requirements prohibiting discriminatory marketing of affordable housing. In a letter sent to HUD on Thursday, the attorneys general argued

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Trump’s assault on DEI hasn’t ended federal efforts to stop appraisal bias

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The appraisal industry shed no tears when the Trump administration sought to undo the Property Appraisal and Valuation Equity (PAVE) Interagency Taskforce, the federal effort to investigate racial bias in appraisals implemented by former President Joe Biden. But that doesn’t mean appraisers have seen the end of federal regulation and litigation around appraisals, or the

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Former CFO sues Real Brokerage, alleges discrimination

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The former chief financial officer of cloud-based real estate firm The Real Brokerage has filed a federal lawsuit alleging she was pushed out of the company after becoming pregnant and taking maternity leave. Michelle Ressler, who was relieved of her role as CFO in April, claims in the suit that Real orchestrated her termination under

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CrossCountry Mortgage ordered to pay $2.1M in age discrimination case

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An Ohio appeals court has upheld a jury’s decision that orders CrossCountry Mortgage (CCM), the nation’s eighth-largest mortgage lender, to pay $2.1 million to a former senior accountant who was allegedly fired due to her age.  Cheryl Shephard, who joined CCM in 2016, filed the lawsuit in October 2022 against the company and its vice

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