FEASTERVILLE, PA–Brotman Enterprise real estatehas reached a conciliation agreement with the US Dept. ofHousing and Urban Development and will pay $25,000 toresolve allegations that its agents discriminated againstAfrican-American prospective renters.
Employees of the company allegedly steered white testers posingas rental applicants to neighborhoods they described as safer,while directing black testers to areas agents considered“rough,” according to a statement from HUD.
The Fair Housing Act prohibits racialdiscrimination in the sale or rental of a dwelling,including steering potential renters or homebuyers todifferent neighborhoods.
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