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Vice President Kamala Harris strikes an encouraging tone about voting rights. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

VP Harris Releases Plan to Stop Bias in Home Appraisals

by Stacy M. Brown March 23, 2022March 23, 2022

Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday unveiled an action plan to stop racial discrimination in the appraisal of home values.

Black Experience

Black Couple’s Home Appraisal Jumps $500K After White Friend Poses as Owner

by WI Guest Author February 16, 2021December 21, 2021

**FILE** A For sale sign sits in front of homes on a hillside in San Clemente, California on Wednesday, August 25, 2010. July new home sales fell to their lowest level since 1963 due to a weaker than expected economic recovery. (Photo by Sandy Huffaker/Corbis via Getty Images)

Black Experience, Homeownership

Racial Discrimination Persists in Mortgage Lending: Study

by WI Guest Author February 4, 2020December 21, 2021

Festival attendees receive literature from the National Fair Housing Alliance during the third annual Broccoli City Festival at the DC gateway pavilion on Saturday, April 30, 2016 in Southeast. /Photo by Patricia Little

WILLIAMS: Fair Housing Still Matters

by WI Guest Author December 13, 2019December 21, 2021

Charlene Crowell, Columnists, Financial Literacy

Housing Discrimination Complaints Reach 24-Year High, While HUD Rolls Back Fair Housing Rules

by WI Guest Author November 14, 2019December 21, 2021

Kamala Harris, AOC Float Legislation to Stop Housing Discrimination Against Returning Citizens

by Stacy M. Brown July 10, 2019December 21, 2021

**FILE** D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine (Courtesy photo)

D.C. AG Sues Evolve Companies for Housing Bias

by James Wright Jr. December 12, 2018October 31, 2020

Newark Mayor Addresses Pain of Blacks Living in Poverty

by Sam P.K. Collins July 26, 2018October 31, 2020

Travelers Settles Section 8 Suit in D.C.

by WI Guest Author February 23, 2018October 31, 2020

Shanna L. Smith

Insurance Company Accused of Refusing Section 8 in Suit

by Tatyana Hopkins – Washington Informer Contributing Writer September 6, 2017October 31, 2020