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Fairness in lending was improved by the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, passed in 1975. It requires banks to disclose their lending practices in the communities they serve. In the 1970s, the private sector fight against mortgage discrimination began to be led by community development banks, such as ShoreBank in Chicago. [9]
Women's mortgage applications cannot be denied because they are pregnant or on maternity leave, because such familial status- and sex-based discrimination violates the Fair Housing Act.
Housing discrimination laws and resources. Currently, 22 states and Washington D.C. have housing protection laws in place for those discriminated against based on sexual orientation and gender ...
The Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974 and Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 helped with discrimination in mortgage lending and lenders' problems with credit needs. [20] The Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 was passed to give the federal government the power to enforce the original Fair Housing Act to correct past problems with ...
An Act to extend the authority for the flexible regulation of interest rates on deposits and share accounts in depository institutions, to extend the National Commission on Electronic Fund Transfers, and to provide for home mortgage disclosure. Enacted by: the 94th United States Congress: Effective: December 31, 1975: Citations; Public law: 94-200
It was fined $250 million in 2021 for failing to address problems in its mortgage business, and more recently paid $3.7 billion for consumer abuses on products including home loans.
California: California Constitution, Article I, §8 (1879) California Fair Employment and Housing Act [8] Unruh Civil Rights Act; California Voting Rights Act; CROWN Act (2019) Colorado Colorado Constitution, Article II, §29 (1973) CROWN Act (2020) Connecticut Connecticut Constitution, Article I, §20 (1974) CROWN Act (2021) Homeless Bill of ...
The California Dream for All Shared Appreciation Loans program was launched last year by CalHFA to aid low- and middle-income first-time home buyers and support the goal of generational wealth. It ...