National
Appraisal gap worsened as racial disparity persists
Home appraisals shot up across the country in recent years, especially during the pandemic. But the racial gap in...
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National Weekend Edition
“Gut punch:” Black redlining expert faces appraisal bias
An Black expert in redlining was himself the subject of racial discrimination in the housing market, according to a...
Tri-State
How not to discriminate: Long Island Realtors launch fair housing effort
The Long Island Board of Realtors has launched a fair housing awareness campaign, two years after a probe found...
Black NY renters 3x more likely to face eviction than whites: report
It’s been a month and a half since New York’s eviction moratorium ended, and advocates who tried to get...
National Issue
Cashed out: Nonwhite homeowners denied access to refi bonanza
What’s a whitewash worth? In the case of Indiana homeowner Carlette Duffy, about $150,000. For Marin County, California, couple...
Hochul signs package of laws aimed at fighting housing discrimination
Two years ago, a Newsday investigation into Long Island’s housing market shed light on widespread racial discrimination against prospective...
National
Mom-and-pop landlords, Black tenants hit harder by pandemic: report
It’s been tough to get good data on rent payments during Covid. Dispatches from the National Multifamily Housing Council...
Housekeeper files age-discrimination suit against Kimberly Hotel
A Midtown hotel cleaned house last fall, but one of its former housekeepers calls it a dirty move. Darci...
National
Zumper systematically screened out low-income renters: report
Zumper, a rental platform backed by Kleiner Perkins and the Blackstone Group, may have systematically prevented thousands of low-income...
National
Reverse mortgage lenders can no longer target seniors via Google
In a blow to reverse-mortgage lenders and perhaps other real estate players, Google is introducing new restrictions for targeted...