BLT Realty

06/02/2026

Posting about this s again. 👀

05/10/2026

04/15/2026

I am a Buyer Broker.

03/21/2026

FYI

Housing: Criminal History and Disparate Impact II

HUD Policy Requirements

Policies that exclude persons based on criminal history must be tailored to serve the housing provider’s substantial, legitimate, nondiscriminatory interest and take into consideration such factors as the type of the crime and the length of the time since conviction.

Where a policy or practice excludes individuals with only certain types of convictions, a housing provider will still bear the burden of proving that any discriminatory effect caused by such policy or practice is justified. Such a determination must be made on a case-by-case basis.

03/21/2026

FYI

Housing: Criminal History and Disparate Impact

Another issue required a decision by HUD in 2015 when it addressed the discriminatory effects and disparate treatment that individuals with a criminal history were experiencing in the housing arena. Because of widespread racial and ethnic disparities in the U.S. criminal justice system, criminal history-based restrictions on access to housing are likely disproportionately to burden African Americans and Hispanics.

Thus, HUD determined that a disparate impact effect resulting from a policy or practice that denies housing to anyone with a prior arrest or any kind of criminal conviction cannot be justified, and therefore such a practice would violate the Fair Housing Act.

02/16/2026

FYI

01/21/2026

It’s finally a BUYER’S MARKET. 👏🏽

There were about 631,000 more home sellers than buyers last month — the largest gap in Redfin data going back to 2013.