Guam Del. Mike San Nicolas on Tuesday told a congressional committee hearing on housing discrimination, access and affordability that Guam and other territories are being neglected by national organizations and businesses.

"I really think that the time has come for this country to stop neglecting the territories," San Nicolas said during a hearing held by the House Financial Services Committee.

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San Nicolas told housing advocates and researchers who testified before the committee that he doesn't think the neglect is intentional.

"Many acts of discrimination are carried out by policies and procedures that might be unintentional," the delegate quoted an advocate as saying. "That's definitely a circumstance we're dealing with today."

San Nicolas, in addressing Zillow Group at the hearing, said Guam isn't listed on Zillow.com, while Fairfield, California, is. The delegate said Guam has a population of 160,000 and Fairfield has 116,000. Guam, he said, has 212 total square miles, while Fairfield has 41 square miles.

A Zillow Group representative said San Nicolas raised an important question, adding the business would need to take a close look at the matter.

San Nicolas also pointed out that all territories are excluded from the drop-down list of available areas for Zillow mortgage loans.

Those who testified before the committee were the National Fair Housing Alliance and the National LGBTQ Task Force. San Nicolas told them none of their national data includes territory statistics.

"One of the most unfortunate facts that we deal with today that I think this country is blind to is the fact that our territories are grossly red-lined," he said.

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