Crack Down on Alleged Maternity Leave Discrimination Continues
HUD continues to aggressively police alleged discrimination against mortgage loan applicants who are on parental leave and/or who receive disability income. HUD recently announced a multimillion-dollar...
View ArticleInteragency Fair Lending Hot Topics
This Wednesday, October 22, 2014, federal enforcement and regulatory agencies are hosting an interagency webinar on emerging fair lending issues and hot topics. Representatives from seven agencies—the...
View ArticleD.C. Court Strikes Down HUD Disparate Impact Rule
The District Court of the District of Columbia has issued a decisive order vacating HUD’s 2013 Fair Housing Act disparate impact rule. The rule, as we’ve discussed, has always been based on a shaky...
View ArticleDisparate Whatever
The House has approved an amendment aimed at barring the Department of Justice (DOJ) from enforcing the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development’s (HUD) fair lending disparate impact rule....
View ArticleNew Fair Housing Rule
HUD today announced a new Fair Housing Act rule to “affirmatively further[] fair housing.” The Fair Housing Act, passed in 1968, directs HUD to promote fair housing and equal opportunity, including...
View Article#ThrowbackThursday: HUD Issues Aggressive New Fair Housing Rule
In February 2013, Morrison & Foerster published the client alert “HUD Issues Aggressive New Fair Housing Rule.” Summary: The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has finally...
View Article#ThrowbackThursday: CFPB as HUD: Another Section 8 Consent Order Displays...
In October 2014, Morrison & Foerster published the client alert “CFPB as HUD: Another Section 8 Consent Order Displays CFPB’s RESPA Approach.” Summary: In a recent RESPA enforcement action, the...
View ArticleCFPB Relies on “Mystery Shoppers” in BancorpSouth Mortgage Discrimination...
CFPB “mystery shoppers,” along with secret recordings, were part of the CFPB’s factual allegations in a recent mortgage discrimination settlement. The DOJ and CFPB announced a settlement with...
View ArticleCFPB Issues Guiding Principles for Loss Mitigation after HAMP
On August 2, 2016, the CFPB published a new guidance document titled CFPB’s Principles for the Future of Loss Mitigation (the “Guidance”), which outlines a recommended framework for new,...
View ArticleHUD Releases New Guidance on Limited English Proficiency Discrimination Under...
On September 15, 2016, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development issued guidance on how the nondiscrimination provisions in the Fair Housing Act apply to persons who consider an individual’s...
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