FAIR HOUSING

摘要

HUD has announced that Irvine, CA based mortgage lender Greenlight Financial Services will pay $48,000 to settle allegations that it violated the Fair Housing Act when it denied or delayed mortgage loans to women because they were on maternity leave. The Conciliation Agreement resolves a complaint a married couple filed with HUD alleging that Greenlight Financial Services, now called GFS Capital Holdings, denied their application to refinance their home mortgage because the wife was on maternity leave. HUD's investigation found that Greenlight Financial Services also allegedly denied four other applicants who were on maternity leave, or delayed their applications until after the women returned to work.