disparate impact

The Appraisal Foundation’s Appraisal Standards Board says it needs more time to assess proposed changes designed to close the door to discrimination

The lender says credit scores, home appraisals and broader inequities in the U.S. economy explain the higher approval rates for white borrowers

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 disagreed this week

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 impact' standard

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

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'

The US Supreme Court Justice is being remembered as a champion for civil rights, including fair housing

Housing and civil rights groups slammed the new rules as attacks on the Fair Housing Act

In a letter to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the National Association of Realtors called for an end to efforts to revise the disparate impact rule

Activists argue the change would make it harder to bring housing discrimination cases under the Fair Housing Act

Florida's state Realtor association is warning against policies that deny housing to all with criminal pasts, regardless of convictions

The proposed changes to 'disparate impact' rule come at a time when the gap between black and white homeowners is growing, according to a recent Redfin study

Five decades after the landmark law was enacted, it still impacts all real estate professionals on a daily basis