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Ayanna Pressley: Well, women were 30 percent to 46 percent more likely to receive subprime mortgage loans during the financial crisis…

On the recordApril 9, 2019
Well, women were 30 percent to 46 percent more likely to receive subprime mortgage loans during the financial crisis than men, and black women were 256 percent more likely to receive subprime loans than white men.
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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Pressley discusses the disproportionate impact of subprime loans on women and minorities.

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