Latest Housing Discrimination Alerts
By Roy Primm

Although America is making progress in fighting housing discrimination, Afro American home buyers are still the most discriminated according to the latest HUD (Housing and Urban Development) studies.

 White home buyers were favored over blacks in 17% of the test. Also according to the study white home buyers were more likely to be shown homes in majority white neighborhoods than comparably financed Afro- American home buyers.
 
Despite this study  Afro American  homeowners are growing in their likelihood to be referred and shown homes in more white predominate neighborhoods.

Remember Federal law prohibits housing discrimination based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, family status,or disability. This law applies if you're trying to buy or rent a home, or get financing.

When buying or renting a home you can't be discriminated against by ...

  • Refusing to rent or sell you a house.
  • Refusal to negotiate for the purchase or rental of a house.
  • Lie about whether a home is available for inspection, sale or for rent.
  • Making housing unavailable.
  • Refuse a dwellings based on items prohibited by law.
  • Denying a person access in membership (such as multiple listing service or association).
  • Refusal to extend a mortgage loan based on items prohibited by law.
  • Refusal to provide current information concerning loans.
  • Extend higher terms or conditions, rates, fees or points.
  • And more ...

 ...Based on race,color, national origin, religion, sex, family status, or disability.

Beware of Blockbusting! What is blockbusting?  It's the practice by real estate brokers or agents of using fear to coax white homeowners into selling their houses, usually at a lower price.

Real estate brokers playing on white homeowners fears black people will move into the neighborhood and drive down home values. As a result the brokers resell the house at a much higher price, often to African Americans  making a substantial profit (to the broker).

This hurts both white people who lose on their home investments, and black people who are stuck with a limited choice of homes at inflated prices.