Black Couple Settles Lawsuit Claiming Their Home Appraisal Was Low-Balled Due to Bias 💰
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🏛️ Politics
Black Couple Settles Lawsuit Claiming Their Home Appraisal Was Low-Balled Due to Bias
The African American couple, who own a home in Marin City, Calif., wanted the individuals and the companies involved in shortchanging them to change how they would appraise Black and Latino-owned properties moving forward. They think they're on their way to doing that. Late last month the pair reached a settlement agreement (read more at NPR)
💰Wealth
Only two large US Cities Are Affordable For New Home Buyers
…two cities, Pittsburgh and Cleveland, have enough affordable housing that average list prices total less than three times the median household incomes for younger adults in those cities. In the fourth quarter of 2022, the average Pittsburgh home listed for… (read more at NPR)
🌍 World
Damning Review Says London’s Police Force Is Racist, Misogynistic, And Homophobic
London police have lost the confidence of the public because of deep-seated racism, misogyny and homophobia, according to an independent review commissioned after a young woman was raped and killed by a serving officer.The Metropolitan Police Service, which has more than 34,000 officers and is Britain’s biggest police force, must “change itself” or risk being broken up, [per] the…published [report] (read more at Huffington Post)
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