Navy Federal Credit Union has successfully narrowed the claim of mortgage-lending discrimination


Posted
June 19, 2024

Navy Federal Credit Union has successfully narrowed the claim of mortgage-lending discrimination that it is  acing in a Fair Housing Act lawsuit filed by nine individuals in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia. On May 30, 2024, the Court dismissed the claim of intentional  discrimination, and, most significantly, refused to let the case proceed as a class action, noting the varied circumstances of the nine plaintiffs. The plaintiffs may continue to pursue individual claims of disparate-impact discrimination, which will require them to get specific on the credit union policies that they are challenging and demonstrating them to be discriminatory. The case is Laquita Oliver, et al. v. Navy Federal Credit Union, No: 1:23-cv-1731(LMB/WEF) (E.D. Va).