Las Vegas groups charge redlining by banks. (groups represented by the Las Vegas Alliance for Fair Banking)

A report authored by the Las Vegas Alliance for Fair Banking, which represents Culinary Local 226, the NAACP, elected officials and several church and community groups, charges Las Vegas banks with redlining the city's low-income, primarily African-American West Side district. The report states...

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Published in:The American banker 1992-06, Vol.157 (114), p.6
Main Author: Carson, Teresa
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Banking industry
Investigations
Mortgage discrimination
Race relations
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Summary:A report authored by the Las Vegas Alliance for Fair Banking, which represents Culinary Local 226, the NAACP, elected officials and several church and community groups, charges Las Vegas banks with redlining the city's low-income, primarily African-American West Side district. The report states that the district received only 59 of over 10,000 home loans issued in Las Vegas in 1990. Banks named in the report deny the allegations.
ISSN:0002-7561
1945-578X