A Betton Hills Subdivision home purchase went south after the potential buyer read covenant language more than a half-century old banning minorities from owning property in the midtown neighborhood.

THURSTON COUNTY, Wash. — The language in Michelle Fearing's neighborhood covenants didn't only surprise her, she could not believe it. "It was shocking," said Fearing. "I’m reading it going, ‘Whoa.

from a past covenant. The situation has prompted a new mural on a business downtown. The face of former south African President Nelson Mandela, the legendary advocate for racial equality, now graces ...

100 East Lansing homeowners in the Brookfield Heritage Neighborhood can now opt out of discriminatory language on their property covenants. That document explicitly forbids home sales to people of ...