The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau found evidence of redlining, along with "racist and derogatory content" in emails among loan officers.

Redlining is a term that evokes painful memories of discrimination, systemic inequality and economic hardship for countless communities, particularly those of color. Historically, redlining referred ...

In the 1930s, the U.S. government introduced the practice of redlining — categorizing neighborhoods based on the ethnic and racial backgrounds of the people who lived there, with areas primarily ...

A comment deadline is approaching on a proposed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule that would dismantle longstanding rules meant to protect minorities from discrimination in the market for ...

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The Justice Department and the state of North Carolina reached a $13.5 million settlement with a bank to resolve allegations of redlining The Justice Department and the State of North Carolina reached ...

A congressional watchdog determined a federal agency responsible for overseeing national banks — the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) — has followed procedures “inconsistently” and used ...

Is it possible to point to a single factor that doomed Cedar Grove from recovering its vibrancy from the first third of the ...

The Justice Department has secured $122 million from a dozen banks and mortgage companies in redlining cases since Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the agency's Combat Redlining Initiative ...

Systemic racism is a term we have all — hopefully — become conversant with during these past weeks; it is one of the most indestructible weapons used to obstruct people of color and our nation from ...

The days of legally sanctioned race-based housing discrimination may be behind us, but the legacy of attitudes and practices that kept nonwhite citizens out of some neighborhoods and homeownership ...

The Consumer Federation of America says proposed changes to Regulation B would erode core civil rights protections in lending ...