HUD accuses Bank of America of discrimination

[dixiegrrrrl]

WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is accusing Bank of America of discriminating against homebuyers with disabilities.

HUD alleges the bank "imposed unnecessary and burdensome requirements on borrowers who relied on disability income to qualify for their home loans and required some disabled borrowers to provide physician statements to qualify for home mortgage loans."

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"This is the third time since December 2011 that Bank of America has run afoul of federal discrimination laws.
The bank based in Charlotte, N.C., paid a $335 million fine in December to settle allegations that its Countrywide Financial unit discriminated against minorities.
A federal court approved on Feb. 24 a class action against Bank of America's Merrill Lynch division for racial discrimination."
http://www.legalnewsline.com/news/235360-hud-accuses-bank-of-america-of-discrimination

[jwirr]

1. For 45 years I took care of my severely disabled daughter at home saving the government a lot of

money in doing so. But in all that time HUD refused us housing loans because we were "unemployed".

She is so disabled that she cannot walk, talk or care for herself so there is no way she could work yet she had a steady income.

I not only took care of her 24/7 except for the days she attended her DAC but worked at those little jobs that do not pay anything when I could. I was also refused because I did not have a job and I was too poor. But together we could have been paying into our own home all those years and I would not be setting on the edge of homelessness today.