A lender owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. knowingly issued “unaffordable” home mortgages by ignoring the insufficient income or assets of some borrowers, a top financial regulator alleged in a lawsuit Monday.

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 ultimately out of their homes.

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,

"Vanderbilt knowingly traps people in risky loans in order to close the deal on selling a manufactured home," said CFPB Director Rohit Chopra. The lawsuit aims to halt Vanderbilt's alleged illegal practices and provide relief for the harmed homeowners.

Vanderbilt Mortgage & Finance Inc. is accused of knowingly issuing “unaffordable” home mortgages.

The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sued a lender owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway on Monday, accusing it of pushing borrowers into unaffordable mortgages to buy homes from Clayton Homes,

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.

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.