According to Ted Tozer, former Ginnie Mae president, lenders experienced aggressive disparate-impact litigation during the previous administration, resulting in initial support for revising the disparate impact rule.
Bank of America wrote policies between 2010 and 2016 that denied mortgages and HELOCs to adults with disabilities who were under legal guardianships or conservatorships.
The action doesn’t come as a total surprise. Industry attorneys said the CFPB, even under a business-friendly GOP, has been itching to do so for several years.
Mortgage firms need to reassess their fair lending programs to check for discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, according to industry attorneys.
HUD Secretary Ben Carson told lawmakers he will cooperate with an inquiry into whether a new policy prevents DACA recipients from receiving federally backed mortgage loans.
Oklahoma-based First Mortgage’s former President Ron McCord faces 24 counts of bank fraud, money laundering and making a false statement to a financial institution.