The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Monday that it is suing a Tennessee-based mortgage lender owned by Berkshire Hathaway, accusing the company of predatory practices aimed at steering borrowers into manufactured homes they could not afford.

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

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

A Reuters analysis shows that Berkshire coal plants emit more nitrogen oxide gases than any other coal-fired fleet in the country. Despite big investments in renewable energy, the company has resisted efforts by regulators to make coal plants cleaner.

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 U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sued a unit of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway on Monday, accusing it of pushing borrowers into unaffordable loans to buy homes from Clayton Homes, Berkshire's manufactured housing business.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has filed a lawsuit alleging that Vanderbilt Mortgage & Finance, a unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, “ignored clear and obvious red flags” when approving mortgages for the purchase of manufactured homes from another Berkshire company,

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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 manufactured home loan lender, a unit of Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary Clayton Homes, was accused of ignoring red flags that sent many borrowers into bankruptcy, default and out of their homes.

Representatives for Berkshire Hathaway, based in Omaha, Nebraska, and Maryville, Tennessee-based Vanderbilt didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment on the lawsuit. Vanderbilt is a ...