The Mortgage Firm, a Florida-based mortgage lender, has agreed to invest $1.5 million to settle a redlining case with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the parties announced Wednesday. 

The DOJ accused the company of discrimination against predominantly Black and Hispanic neighborhoods in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metropolitan area. The complaint, filed in the Southern District of Florida, alleges violations of the Fair Housing Act and Equal Credit Opportunity Act.

A spokesperson at The Mortgage Firm told HousingWire that “throughout its 29-year history, the company has been committed to providing equal credit access details ⇒

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