A year ago, the alliance and several of its member organizations filed a complaint against the bank with the Department of Housing and Urban Development, arguing that the bank had violated the federal Fair Housing Act by neglecting foreclosed properties in minority communities in Denver, Atlanta, Miami, Dayton and Washington, D.C. Today, the groups amended their complaint with a stack of evidence – in maps, data, and photos – showing that the problem has persisted in each of those cities, while documenting it anew in Memphis, Denver, Las Vegas, Tucson and Philadelphia. In total, housing advocates have now identified the problem in 18 metropolitan areas, across 621 Bank of America properties. "It is as if Bank of America is purposefully looking the other way when they see [bank-owned properties] in communities of color," Keenya Robertson, the CEO of Housing Opportunities Project for Excellence, said in releasing the new complaint.
Posted on: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 06:05:28 +0000
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