A four-month investigation in three North Bay counties found that housing discrimination based on national origin was more common in Sonoma County than Marin or Solano counties, but that Marin had the ...

When you’re looking to lay down roots, it should be comforting to know that after the passage of the Fair Housing Act of 1968, there are laws in place to protect homeowners from housing discrimination ...

Managers at Rise at Temple Courts denied rental applications from people using housing vouchers, according to a lawsuit. Credit: Abel Berhane Undercover rental applicants found blatant and widespread ...

The initial chaos of layoffs has been followed by a concerted effort by the Trump administration to halt the enforcement of the Fair Housing Act. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) ...

A national investigative nonprofit on Monday lodged discrimination complaints against more than 200 California landlords and their representatives — including major real estate brokerages — alleging ...

Long Island Housing Services said it has reached two separate settlements with a real estate agent in Huntington and the owner of a single-family home in Holbrook, alleging they turned away potential ...

New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli’s office released an audit last week revealing our state’s very own twilight zone; specifically, a cabinet labeled “Twilight Zone” in the offices of the state ...

Housing discrimination has diminished opportunity for Black Wisconsinites to build wealth. Historical and current housing discrimination by race in rental and real estate markets have diminished ...

In late February, the federal government abruptly cut funding to dozens of organizations that fight housing discrimination across the country, threatening their survival and dealing a setback to civil ...

In 2021, Boston began requiring real estate developers to consider how their projects could hurt residents historically discriminated against in housing and take steps to reduce those impacts. In ...

Accusations are up nearly 20 percent since 2014, according to a nonprofit, which warns that “the infrastructure for enforcing our nation’s fair housing laws is being dismantled.” By Heather Senison ...

This story is part of MassLive’s ongoing housing court guide series. You can read other stories in the series here. The United States and Massachusetts have laws that prohibit landlords and real ...