Yes,
believe it! Housing discrimination still exists, and housing discrimination has
increased in the last few years. Discrimination in our communities continues to
be a real problem. In today’s real estate business, however, it is far less evident
than more than half a century ago when many people of color were barred
from purchasing or renting homes in specific neighborhoods, and women struggled to get mortgages.
Discrimination is not as blatant as in the past--there is modern-day housing
discrimination. A renter can return from a rental showing and wonder if the
renter has been discriminated against because the apartment is suddenly no
longer available or the renter is told you would be “better and happier” in a
different neighborhood. That is discrimination without the direct denial we do
not rent to "_____________"! A recent study indicated that
overall complaints were 5.74 percent higher in 2022 than in 2021, and the data
revealed an increase in complaints based on source of income and domestic
violence specifically. In fact, the 33,007 fair housing complaints received in
2022 by private non-profit fair housing organizations, HUD, FHAP agencies, and
the DOJ represent the highest number of complaints ever reported in a single
year. There were 31,216 complaints filed in 2021 with these agencies. See 2023-Trends-Report-Final.pdf (nationalfairhousing.org) and https://www.realtor.com/news/trends/fair-housing-complaints-jump/
From redlining to “pinklining,” a term most people have probably never heard, is hurting women and especially women of color. The term comes from the 1970's term redlining . T he term used by governments, agencies, banks and other lenders to deny people of color access to mortgages and credit. Those in charge of public policy and lending practices would draw a redline around certain neighborhoods with high concentrations of minorities and deny them financing and other forms of credit if they lived within those lines. Now, more specifically lenders are using the term "pinklining" ala redlining to identify neighborhoods and deny woman of color the chance to buy homes. Is There a Gender Gap in Home Equity Loans? (investopedia.com)
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