When Linda Falcão applied for a mortgage from Wells Fargo, she didn't realize she would be required to write the type of essay that's more commonly included with a college application.
So she and her husband, Kemuel Ronis, were taken by surprise when Wells Fargo asked the couple, both 50, to pen a “motivational letter” explaining why they were moving. What they found even more shocking, however, were some of the themes that Wells required them to include in their statement, specifically, their plans regarding an “increase/decrease in family” or property size.
“It is wrong and invasive to ask people about their family plans,” said Ms. Falcão, a civil rights attorney and founder of America Serves, a youth volunteer organization. “It very much offended me.”
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