Category: 4. Case Study: Novastar

Case Study: NAACP v. Novastar

Novastar and its mortgage broker Bell South Mortgage (Bell) conspired to maintain a policy of denying all loans secured by row houses in Baltimore and discouraged the referral of such business. Over a period of time, HUD sent shoppers to Bell/Novastar who were repeatedly treated differently based on protected characteristics of race, color, racial composition, [...]