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Racial discrimination in mortgage lending in Washington, D.C.: A mixed methods approach

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The authors gratefully acknowledge support from three grants from the Policy Development and Research Division (Fair Lending Research—Small Grants Program) and the Office of University Partnerships (Community Outreach Partnership Centers Program) in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for this work: H-21028RG, COPC-DC-96-105, and COPC-DC-99-091. We also wish to thank the following colleagues and community partners for their contributions to this work: Gaminie Meepagala, David Montague, Charles Betsey, Arvilla Payne-Jackson, Clevester Parmer, Rozanne Look, Robert, Pohlman, Chris Bohner, and John Hamilton. The findings and interpretations remain the sole responsibility of the authors.

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Blank, E.C., Venkatachalam, P., McNeil, L. et al. Racial discrimination in mortgage lending in Washington, D.C.: A mixed methods approach. Rev Black Polit Econ 33, 9–30 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12114-005-1012-z

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