0 the practice of refusing to lend money, give mortgages ,or sell home insurance to people living in poor areas, or of charging them high rates for this:
The institution has fought against redlining of financial services in minority neighborhoods.
I further contend that they are responsible for much of the present interpretative closure and consequent redlining in theoretical debate.
As such they illuminate the problem of incompatibility versus complementarity, and they also exemplify the current trend towards theoretical totalitarianism or salvation, by redlining other approaches than their own.
For instance, the commission and the movement should not be afraid to ask building societies about their redlining policy.
Can the building societies be persuaded not to discriminate against older housing and not to operate a redlining programme?
The commission also documented blanket refusals to lend in particular areas (redlining).
Lenders who practice redlining often cite sponsor concentration or high rental concentration as an excuse to redline the property type.
The business practices of redlining, mortgage discrimination, and racially restrictive covenants contributed to the overcrowding and physical deterioration of areas where minorities chose to congregate.
Operating an engine in this area is known as "redlining".
