Black homeowners share stories of discrimination by appraisers

Discrimination against Black homeowners in appraisals has been laid bare thanks to one Florida woman’s viral social media post. Abena Horton suspected something was wrong when the appraisal of her four-bedroom home in a white Jacksonville neighborhood came in surprisingly low, the New York Times reported. Horton, who is Black, removed all traces of herself and her 6-year-old son before a second appraiser visited. Absent any indication that a Black family lived there, the appraisal

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