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Looking The Other Way: A Critique Of The Fair-Lending Enforcement System And A Plan To Fix It, Stephen L. Ross, John Yinger
Looking The Other Way: A Critique Of The Fair-Lending Enforcement System And A Plan To Fix It, Stephen L. Ross, John Yinger
Center for Policy Research
In 2001, the homeownership rate in the United States reached 67.8 percent--an all-time high. The benefits of homeownership were not evenly spread across ethnic groups, however. In fact, the homeownership rate was 74.3 percent for non-Hispanic whites, 48.4 percent for non-Hispanic blacks, and 47.3 percent for Hispanics (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development 2002, Table 29). These homeownership gaps undoubtedly have many causes, but one of the key suspects is discrimination in mortgage lending. The vast majority of households cannot buy a house without a mortgage loan, and discriminatory barriers to obtaining a mortgage could have a dramatic impact …