Let the home buyer beware: insurance carriers come under fire for racial redlining and price disparities. (Washington, DC-based group, National Fair Housing Alliance investigates insurance discrimination)

From: Black Enterprise | Date: August 1, 1997| Author: Jones, Joyce | Copyright information

National Fair Housing Alliance not only receives complaints of insurance company redlining, but it also conducts surveys. American Africans and Hispanic Americans are often denied housing insurance, or offered higher premiums. A case is pending against Nationwide Mutual.

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