Judge Allows Philadelphia’s FHA Claims Against Wells Fargo To Proceed

Mealey's (January 18, 2018, 12:20 PM EST) -- PHILADELPHIA — A Pennsylvania federal judge on Jan. 16 refused to dismiss claims for violation of the Fair Housing Act (FHA), finding that the City of Philadelphia sufficiently pleaded allegations to allow claims that a bank engaged in discriminatory lending practices in minority communities within the city to proceed (City of Philadelphia v. Wells Fargo & Co., et al., No. 17-2203, E.D. Pa., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 6443)....