Investigations
We investigate illegal housing discrimination in two ways:
Complaint Based Investigations
When someone believes they are a victim of illegal housing discrimination, they contact our office and make a complaint.
If you feel you have been discriminated against because of your race, color, national origin, religion, disability, age, marital status, or because you have children — contact our office.
Systemic Investigations
Most illegal housing discrimination goes unnoticed by its victims. How is one supposed to know they were charged more for housing or offered units in only a couple of neighborhoods or one part of the building? Through systemic investigations, our organization can uncover discrimination that is not reported.
Through systemic investigations, our organization can help create systemic change. Discriminatory findings may lead to lawsuits, administrative complaints with the government, or education in the community.
Our race-based investigations also uncover the discriminatory housing practice of steering.
Our investigations have found that both real ESTATE AGENTS and lenders steer Black and White potential homeowners in different ways:
recommending different neighborhoods or zip codes to Black and White potential homeowners
offering fewer housing options to Black potential homeowners
offering a lower loan value to Black potential homeowners, thereby reducing the housing options available