The US government has sued a unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, accusing it of pushing borrowers into unaffordable loans—so customers would buy homes from the company’s manufactured housing business.

A federal consumer bureau claims Vanderbilt Mortgage, owned by Berkshire Hathaway, made loans to buyers of manufactured homes it knew could not repay them.

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Vanderbilt relied on unrealistic expectations of what borrowers would need financially after making their mortgage payment, according to the complaint.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau filed a lawsuit against Vanderbilt Mortgage & Finance on Monday, alleging the Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. subsidiary systematically approved unaffordable manufactured home loans that set borrowers up for failure.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau accused Tennessee-based Vanderbilt Mortgage & Finance of ignoring red flags in mortgage applications.

The consumer watchdog filed a lawsuit in Tennessee against Vanderbilt for purported violations of the Truth in Lending Act and Regulation Z.

Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway ... Both Vanderbilt and Clayton are based in Tennessee. “For 50 years, Vanderbilt Mortgage has increased homeownership in the U.S. The CFPB’s lawsuit is unfounded and untrue, and is the latest ...

Vanderbilt’s internal model for underwriting loans provided borrowers unrealistic expectations of monthly living expenses, the Consumer Financial Protect Bureau alleged in the complaint.

The US government has sued a unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway ... The agency filed its complaint in the Knoxville, Tennessee, federal court, nearby the company’s Maryville headquarters.

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