Mortgages, Fair Housing Act (FHA), Redlining

Redlining Was Outlawed More than 50 Years Ago – Does It Still Continue?

Whitman Legal Solutions, LLC on 2/5/2024

Recently, my son took an online college course about social justice in the as-built environment. One topic in the class was redlining – a practice that limited the availability of affordable home loans for minorities. ...more

DOJ Settles with Patriot Bank for Redlining in Memphis

Ballard Spahr LLP on 1/31/2024

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Patriot Bank (Patriot or Bank) has agreed to pay $1.9 million to resolve allegations that the Bank engaged in a pattern or practice of redlining majority-Black and Hispanic...more

Oral Arguments Held in CFPB v. Townstone Financial Case

Ballard Spahr LLP on 12/14/2023

On December 8, 2023, oral arguments were held before a three judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in the CFPB v. Townstone Financial case, in which the CFPB alleges that Townstone Financial, a...more

DOJ Redlining Consent Order With Ameris Bank

Ballard Spahr LLP on 10/30/2023

Recently the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) entered into a proposed consent order with Ameris Bank to resolve allegations of redlining from 2016 through 2021 in majority Black and Hispanic areas in the Bank’s Jacksonville,...more

DOJ Settles Redlining Claims in Rhode Island

Ballard Spahr LLP on 10/24/2023

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a settlement agreement with Washington Trust Company, of Westerly (WTC) to resolve claims that WTC redlined majority Black and Hispanic neighborhoods in Rhode Island....more

DOJ Reaches $1.15 Million Redlining Settlement With American Bank of Oklahoma

Troutman Pepper on 8/31/2023

On August 28, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced its eighth redlining settlement under its Combatting Redlining Initiative. The settlement between the DOJ and the American Bank of Oklahoma, which originated from a...more

DOJ Settles Redlining Claim Against ESSA Bank

Ballard Spahr LLP on 6/16/2023

The Justice Department (DOJ) recently announced a settlement with ESSA Bank & Trust (ESSA), which has agreed to pay over $3 million to resolve allegations that it engaged in a pattern or practice of redlining in violation of...more

DOJ’s Combatting Redlining Initiative Continues With $9 Million Settlement With Park National Bank

Troutman Pepper on 3/6/2023

On February 28, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced its sixth redlining settlement under its Combatting Redlining Initiative. This most recent case involves an agreement between the DOJ and Ohio-based Park National...more

DOJ settles with bank for $31 million to resolve alleged redlining allegations

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 1/18/2023

On January 12, the DOJ announced a more than $31 million settlement with a national bank over redlining allegations. Calling the action the largest redlining settlement agreement in the department’s history...more

Is the DOJ (De Facto) Enforcing the Community Reinvestment Act?

Alston & Bird on 10/19/2022

A&B Abstract: Furthering the Justice Department’s Combating Redlining Initiative, the Department of Justice has announced another redlining settlement. But this settlement is different – this one involves a bank that has...more

DOJ announces settlement of redlining lawsuit

Ballard Spahr LLP on 10/4/2022

The Justice Department announced that it has entered into an agreement with Lakeland Bank to settle the DOJ’s claims that Lakeland engaged in unlawful redlining in the Newark, New Jersey metropolitan area. The DOJ’s lawsuit...more

CFPB Files First Ever Redlining Complaint Against a Non-Bank Mortgage Lender

Ballard Spahr LLP on 7/21/2020

On July 15, 2020, the CPFB filed a complaint in federal court against Townestone Financial, Inc. (Townestone) representing the first ever redlining complaint against a non-bank mortgage lender. ...more

DOJ settles redlining lawsuit against First Merchants Bank

Ballard Spahr LLP on 6/19/2019

The U.S. Department of Justice announced last Thursday that it had reached an agreement with First Merchants Bank, an Indiana state-chartered bank, to settle the redlining lawsuit that the DOJ filed against the bank on June...more

DOJ settles redlining lawsuit against KleinBank

Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/10/2018

The U.S. Department of Justice announced earlier this week that it has reached an agreement with KleinBank, a state-chartered Minnesota bank, to settle the redlining lawsuit that the DOJ filed against the bank in January...more

DOJ Files Redlining Lawsuit Against KleinBank

Ballard Spahr LLP on 1/31/2017

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently commenced a redlining lawsuit against KleinBank, a state-chartered Minnesota bank subject to the regulatory authority of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). The...more

DOJ Files Consent Order Against Union Savings Bank, Guardian Savings Bank

Ballard Spahr LLP on 1/5/2017

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a consent order against Union Savings Bank and Guardian Savings Bank to resolve redlining allegations. The complaint alleges that the banks violated the Fair Housing Act (FHA)...more

CFPB Relies on “Mystery Shoppers” in BancorpSouth Mortgage Discrimination Settlement

MoFo Reenforcement on 8/3/2016

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 BancorpSouth Bank to resolve...more

Diversity assessment and remedial measures required by CFPB consent order

Ballard Spahr LLP on 7/28/2016

On June 29, 2016, BancorpSouth Bank announced a proposed settlement and consent order with the CFPB and the U.S. Department of Justice of charges that the bank’s mortgage lending practices violated the Equal Credit...more

BancorpSouth Bank Agrees to Pay More Than $10 million to Settle Charges of Redlining and Discrimination in Mortgage Underwriting...

McGuireWoods LLP on 7/26/2016

On June 29, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and BancorpSouth Bank (BancorpSouth) agreed to settle allegations of redlining and discrimination in violation of the Equal Credit...more

CFPB, DOJ Settle Fair Lending Claims Involving Allegations of Redlining, Discretionary Underwriting and Pricing, Overt...

Ballard Spahr LLP on 7/22/2016

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced a proposed consent order with BancorpSouth Bank to settle charges that the bank’s mortgage lending practices violated the Fair...more

CFPB and DOJ settle fair lending claims involving allegations of redlining, discretionary underwriting and pricing, and overt...

Ballard Spahr LLP on 7/11/2016

The CFPB and DOJ recently announced a proposed consent order with BancorpSouth Bank to settle charges that the bank’s mortgage lending practices violated the Fair Housing Act and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act....more

CFPB and DOJ Settle Fair Lending Claims Involving Allegations of Redlining, Discretionary Underwriting and Pricing, and Overt...