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Home Mortgage Disclosure Act

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Summary

Required lenders to disclose mortgage data to identify discriminatory practices.

How to Read This Record

Impact Reading

Very high documented impact

Evidence Base

Strong evidence from Government sources.

Data Completeness

Good record with 4 sources and 0 metrics.

Outcome Summary

Enabled tracking of redlining and discriminatory lending.

Categories

Business and EconomicsHousing

Impact Scores

This score is a structured measure of how directly and materially this policy affected Black communities, weighted by evidence, durability, and equity. Harm offset reduces the total score.

Total Impact Score

32

Directness

4

How explicitly the policy targeted or affected Black communities.

Material Impact

4

The practical real-world effect on conditions, rights, or outcomes.

Evidence

5

Strength of sourcing and historical support for the assessment.

Durability

5

How lasting the effects of the policy were over time.

Equity

4

Whether the policy advanced fairness, inclusion, or equal access.

Harm Offset

2

Any offsetting harms, limitations, exclusions, or contradictory effects that reduce the total.

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Current Reform Connections

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Suggested Relationships

These policies may be related based on shared categories, era, and proximity in time.

Housing and Community Development Act of 1974

1974 Law Republican Party

Civil Rights Era Mixed

Shared Categories: 2Year Distance: 1

Community Reinvestment Act of 1977

1977 Law Unknown party

Post Civil Rights Era Positive

Shared Categories: 2Year Distance: 2

Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970

1970 Law Republican Party

Civil Rights Era Mixed

Shared Categories: 2Year Distance: 5

Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956

1956 Law Republican Party

Civil Rights Era Negative

Shared Categories: 2Year Distance: 19

Equal Credit Opportunity Act

1974 Law Republican Party

Contemporary Era Positive

Shared Categories: 1Year Distance: 1

Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act

1989 Law Democratic Party

Contemporary Era Blocked

Shared Categories: 1Year Distance: 14

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act

1996 Law Democratic Party

Contemporary Era Mixed

Shared Categories: 1Year Distance: 21

Pigford v. Glickman

1999 Court Case Unknown party

Contemporary Era Mixed

Shared Categories: 1Year Distance: 24

Sources

HMDA

Unknown publisherGovernment

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Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Data

Consumer Financial Protection BureauGovernment

Published: Dec 13, 2024

Government

CFPB overview stating that HMDA requires many financial institutions to maintain, report, and publicly disclose mortgage loan-level information to help reveal whether lenders are serving community housing needs and to illuminate potentially discriminatory patterns.

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Home Mortgage Disclosure (Regulation C)

Consumer Financial Protection BureauGovernment

Published: Jan 7, 2026

Government

Current CFPB Regulation C page for HMDA compliance and disclosure requirements.

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Community Reinvestment Act of 1977

Federal Reserve HistoryGovernment

Published: May 8, 2023

Government

Federal Reserve History page noting that advocacy groups used data disclosed through HMDA to uncover continued redlining and support CRA-era analysis.

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