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'Set up to fail': Communities of color approved for home loans at lower rate than white residents

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Four years ago, Mary Carmen Garmargo and her parents immigrated to North Carolina from Venezuela in search of a better quality of life. After years of hard work, she tried to ...

High Price To Pay: ‘Double Tax’ Cause Of Decline In Black Women Homeownership

Black homeownership is facing renewed decline, this time from the disproportionate wage and employment penalties affecting ...
Essence

This Is Not a Drill: Student Loan Payments Are Back—And Black Women Are Still Hit Hardest

The federal government started collecting on defaulted student loans again this Monday, ending a pandemic-era pause provided by the Biden administration, that provided temporary relief to millions of ...
Miami Herald

Saving for a down payment in Miami? A Black-owned bank is offering forgivable loans

OneUnited Bank is working with first-time homebuyers to make homeownership a reality. MATIAS J. OCNER mocner@miamiherald.com Could more Black residents in Miami build generational wealth by owning ...