HUD REACHES SETTLEMENT WITH CONNECTICUT LENDER ACCUSED OF ‘MATERNITY DISCRIMINATION’

WASHINGTON, DC – November 3, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced today that it has reached an agreement with Luxury Mortgage Corporation (LMC), a mortgage lender based in Stamford, Connecticut, settling accusations that the lender discriminated against a woman by denying her mortgage loan because she was on maternity leave. Under the settlement, LMC agrees to pay the woman who was denied the mortgage $12,000.


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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is the nation’s housing agency committed to increasing homeownership, particularly among minorities; creating affordable housing opportunities for low-income Americans; and supporting the homeless, elderly, people with disabilities and people living with AIDS. The Department also promotes economic and community development, and enforces the nation’s fair housing laws.

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