Reuters-

* At issue: upkeep of foreclosed homes in minority neighborhoods

* Group broadens accusations to include US Midwestern cities

* Files amended complaint with HUD

* Bank of America denies allegations

A nonprofit group has accused Bank of America Corp of maintaining foreclosed homes in white neighborhoods in the U.S. Midwest much better than those it owns in nearby black and Latino neighborhoods, and of marketing the homes in white neighbhorhoods more effectively.

The National Fair Housing Alliance filed the accusations with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on Tuesday. They come on top of similar accusations against Bank of America filed by the NFHA last month, which alleged disparities in the maintenance and marketing of foreclosed homes in California, Michigan, and along the East Coast.

[REUTERS]

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