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Habitat for Humanity complaint: Discriminated against

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Filed 5 Aug 2022 by Clara

On April 8, 2022, I submitted my application for habitat for humanity. Benita Freeman had emailed me what was needed to complete the application and I put everything together. Then two weeks ago I got a letter in the mail saying that my application had been denied because my income was too high, so I called the number on the letter. The person’s name is Kevin. Since she didn’t answer later, I called Kathy Kessinger and explained that my income wasn’t high and that I didn’t understand why my application had been denied. She said that she was going to contact the committee and that they would review my application in a week and then they would tell me that it was her decision because my income was not as high as they had described the first time. So this Monday I sent another email to Kathy to ask about the status of my application and she informed me that I had been denied again but now the reason was that I had not been in my job for more than a year. I informed her that I had moved here to Kentucky in January 2021 and then entered the army and was absent for more than six months for training and for that reason I had not been in my current job for more than a year but that in the army He was a year and a half old but he was in the reserves, not active.
When I submitted my application, the requirements did not say anything about having worked for more than a year. So as soon as I got back from army training in February 2022 I found a job at the elementary school in LaGrange, KY and from there I have worked until now plus I have a new job.
The list of requirements also said that if I needed to update my work information that I would send the email to Benita Freeman. But since she is no longer working there I sent the information to Kathy Kessinger.
I feel discriminated against because I sent everything they asked for in my application and they only looked for reasons to deny my application by telling me that my credit is better than many applicants and that I have more opportunities than others. To which it is not correct to say because that should not be a reason to deny my application, in addition to the fact that the credit does not help me buy a house with anyone else because my income is low.
The applicants are mostly African American and I am Hispanic, so they looked for any reason to deny my application and give it to one of them. It’s not fair and it’s racist.
I was denied my application for Habitat for Humanity because I am a woman and because I am Hispanic. All the applicants I saw applying were African American. They found several reasons to deny my application no matter what I put in my application plus the reason they denied my application the second time is not described in the requirements and the first time they denied my application they didn’t even review my application only they said my income was too much when that is totally incorrect.
Thank you for your help.

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