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African-Americans continue to face discrimination in obtaining a mortgage from Pittsburgh-area lenders, compared to white applicants with identical income and credit history, according to study by a local fair housing group.
The Fair Housing Partnership of Greater Pittsburgh said today it used 50 pairs of trained testers to measure race discrimination in the Pittsburgh mortgage market between April 2007 and April 2008. The black testers were slightly better qualified than their white counterparts, based on income, debt, credit scores, savings and family composition, the group said.See the full content of this document
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Fair Housing Group Says Study Finds Discrimination
"Of 50 paired pre-application tests conducted, 28 -- or 56 percent -- indicated some form of race discrimination," said Peter ...
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