In the largest study of its kind ever conducted, researchers with the National Bureau of Economic Research have uncovered what many people of color already know when hunting for an apartment or home: most landlords consistently discriminate or harbor bias against non-white individuals looking to rent their property. Bloomberg’s Kelsey…
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Landlords Deny Evicting Victoria Sutton for Having Black Visitors, Federal Lawsuit Filed
Victoria Sutton, a white woman, filed a housing discrimination lawsuit in federal court on Wednesday. The suit accused Patricia and Allen McCoy, a white Georgia couple, of evicting the woman because she invited Black guests to the home she was renting. The lawsuit claimed the landlords, Patricia and Allen McCoy,…