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Article

2 Feb 2007

Author:
Jocelyn Marino, The Source [USA]

Real estate agency accused of racist business practices [USA]

Town & County-Sterling Heights, a franchise of Century 21, is accused of [housing discrimination in a federal lawsuit] filed by The National Fair Housing Alliance and the Hollowell family…[T]he Michigan Department of Civil Rights issued a formal charge against Town & Country…The NFHA…participated in…testing…[which] revealed that the white tester…was shown…homes…in majority white census blocks. A black tester…was shown…homes in…majority black census blocks [and was told]...“if there are too many of us, the neighbourhood goes down.”…A representative from Century 21 Town & Country had no comment on the lawsuit.