Fair Housing Presentation from the Fair Housing Working Group in Massachusetts. Good info on fair housing laws in the state (and the U.S.) NOTE: Section 8 discrimination is illegal under Mass. state law, but legal currently under federal fair housing law.
I have experienced housing discrimination. I mentioned I was a college student. The person said "We do not want to turn our apartments into dorms therefore we do not rent to college students." I am a 36 year old working online college student. I did contact free legal aid and there is a law that allows for housing discrimination against students. If you have children and they are students as well as yourself you can be denied housing espically under section 42.
InspiredMuse74 9 months ago
GOOD FOR YOU! THANKS for sharing this!
lindabphoenix 10 months ago
@grogers265 Yeah, these videos make govt employees out to be heroes. But from my experience, agencies like OSHA and the Attorney General's office are corrupt. They actually ignore evidence you present to them, or say they will only look at some of the evidence, or one govt agency will say you have to go to another, and the second agency then directs you back to the first. You get the run-around. I suspect OSHA employees in Tucson, AZ, actually took a bribe from my employer.
ReligiousZombie 11 months ago
Just fantastic. Great message and thank you for the great courage to put this together. Such an important topic.
jwade8792 2 years ago
Wow! Where do you find people willing to act? 10 years ago I blew the whistle on my employer because they would not let any minorities live in Smyrna Towers, Inc. Despite overwhelming evidence and extraordinary effort HUD's Office of Fair Housing has refused to act. Jim Crow (racial discrimination) is alive and well in Atlanta, Georgia! Contact HUD and demand they STRIKE THE DEATH BLOW TO JIM CROW!
grogers265 2 years ago
GET A PO BOX for the future! And a safe.
WONDAWOMAN 3 years ago
Please let me know how I can contact you. I have similar situation and I am doing my own investigation for last 3 month. Government in NYC does not care about any of this situation. You lucky that you find people in a government office who was willing to help.
Thank you,
VersusNYC 3 years ago
Wow, isn't it nice of the government to tell homeowners who they're allowed to rent to?
FireworksFactory 4 years ago
I have been discriminated by my landlord for religious
creed and im Turkish..My apt was broken into with no
force entry..My passport,notebook,picture album,INS
papers missing, tampering with my mail..my neighbors
interrogate me with questions..and so on..MCAD had
help me alot..everything has stopped..now i am moving
out..Thank you MCAD
MsTURKIYE 4 years ago