Menendez Leads Call for Investigation, Action to Address Mortgage Industry Housing Discrimination in Minority Communities

U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the Senate Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development, led a group of senators in a letter to federal housing, finance, and consumer protection regulators, calling for an investigation into potential violations of the Fair Housing Act by banks and lenders neglecting the maintenance of foreclosed homes in minority communities in favor of predominantly white communities.