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HUD Acting Assistant Secretary issues directive to enforce FHA to prohibit sexual orientation discrimination: What are the implications for the CFPB?

By Lori J. Sommerfield & Ballard CFS Group on February 16, 2021

Posted in CFPB, Fair Lending, HUD, Regulatory and Enforcement

Last week, HUD’s Acting Assistant Director for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity issued a memorandum directing HUD’s Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity to take a series of actions “to administer and fully enforce the Fair Housing Act to prohibit discrimination because of sexual orientation and gender identity.”

The memorandum is intended to implement President Biden’s Executive Order 13988 on Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation (Executive Order). … Continue Reading

SCOTUS decision on Title VII sexual orientation discrimination has significant implications for credit arena

By John L. Culhane, Jr. & Ballard CFS Group on June 19, 2020

Posted in Fair Lending, Litigation and Court Decisions

Earlier this week, in Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that firing an employee for being homosexual or transgender constitutes discrimination based on the employee’s sex in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. The decision is likely to be relied on by regulators and private plaintiffs alleging violations of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act or the Fair Housing Act based on sexual orientation discrimination.… Continue Reading