On October 2, 2014 the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced that it has negotiated a Conciliation Agreement with Midland States Bancorp, resolving allegations that the bank avoided doing business in predominantly African American and Hispanic neighborhoods in St. Louis, Missouri and northern Illinois in violation of the Fair Housing Act. Midland is a community bank based in southern Illinois. The settlement is the result of a housing discrimination complaint filed by Metropolitan St. […]
Category: Fair Housing
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST NATIVE AMERICANS
Are we in a time warp? Are we back in the 80’s? On September 15, 2014 the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced a settlement agreement with U.S. Bank National Association, U.S. Bank subsidiary Red Sky Risk Services, LLC (formerly known as USB Lending Support Services, LLC), and one of U.S. Bank’s loan officers, resolving allegations that they refused to refinance the mortgage of a Native American couple in Belcourt, North Dakota, because […]