Fair Housing

Applying for a mortgage? What matters?

There are things about you and your finances that are going to be studied, legitimately, before a lender will give you a mortgage. That makes sense; they are lending you a large sum of money. But, there are some things that are none of their business, literally! Who you are – in terms of race,

By Rona|2024-11-18T16:59:16-05:00October 1st, 2014|Categories: Discrimination, Mortgage matters|Tags: debt, Fair Housing, lender, mortgage, protected class, real estate|

Can I Come for a Visit?

My awareness of universal design and visitability went up exponentially when I broke my foot this November. I had been attending an eight week program at a local university. With my crutches, I could get into the building using a ramp. But, to use a ramp, I had to travel farther on my crutches.