Complaints about discrimination in marketing and maintenance of foreclosed properties

An article in yesterday's Washington Post by business columnist Michelle Singletary reported on a series of complaints filed with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in which fair-housing organizations allege discrimination in the marketing and maintenance of foreclosed properties in minority neighborhoods. Examining more than 1,000 properties in 9 states, the organizations found that foreclosed properties in predominantly white areas were much better maintained than properties in predominantly African American or Latino neighborhoods.