CFPB Accuses Chicago Mortgage Lender Of Redlining

By Jon Hill · July 15, 2020, 11:12 PM EDT

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday filed a complaint in Illinois federal court accusing a Chicago-area mortgage lender of redlining and disparaging majority-Black neighborhoods in infomercial commentary, marking the agency's...

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Documents

Complaint

Case Information

Case Title

Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection v. Townstone Financial, Inc.

Case Number

Court

Illinois Northern

Nature of Suit

440 Civil Rights: Other

Date Filed

July 15, 2020

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