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HUD Secretary slammed for confusing REO with Oreo cookies

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Despite the controversy that has swirled around his tenure, following the Oreo incident, Ben Carson attempted to downplay his apparent confusion. Continue reading →

Fair Housing Administration seeks to loosen condo financing: NAR

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For a decade, NAR has urged the Federal Housing Administration to make it easier for condo buyers to qualify for FHA-insured mortgages. Now the FHA is making progress on this front. Continue reading →

New home sales up slightly

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New home sales in the U.S. rose 3.7 percent in December, marking the third month of growth, according to the latest residential sales report from the Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).  Continue reading →

‘Active adult’ community refused housing for disabled couple: HUD

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A New Jersey condo association, billed as being an “active adult” community for homeowners 55 and older, will have to shell out $9,000 to settle allegations it prevented a man with disabilities and his wife from buying a home in which they planned to l… Continue reading →

Landlord fined after denying renter’s emotional support animal

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A New York landlord has been slapped with a $15,000 fine to settle a discrimination case involving a mentally ill tenant and her emotional support animal. Continue reading →

Landlord who sent racial slurs to black woman headed to court

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A landlord who refused to rent to an African American woman after texting her a flurry of racial slurs, including the N-word, has been charged with discrimination. Continue reading →

Condo association barred elderly resident from using front door

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A New Jersey condo association was charged with discrimination after an elderly resident claimed she was forced to use a back entrance with her service pet. Continue reading →

New residential home sales plummet to 2-year low in September

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New residential home sales dropped 5.5 percent in September to the lowest growth in almost two years, according to the Census Bureau and the HUD. Continue reading →

New Orleans landlord charged with discrimination for ‘no teenagers’ ad

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On Friday, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) charged the landlord with housing discrimination for a 2014 ad on Craigslist. Continue reading →