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They wouldn't be forced to share with anyone. They would merely be restrained from discriminating on the basis of race or other protected categories. This mirr

by abalone 10y ago

They wouldn't be forced to share with anyone. They would merely be restrained from discriminating on the basis of race or other protected categories. This mirrors U.S. housing law. You don't have to rent your place out, but if you do you can't discriminate based on race.

x0x0 10y ago
That's not true at all. You can't advertise that you discriminate but you generally can discriminate if (1) it's fewer than 4 units and the owner lives on premises, (2) it's a single family home owned by a person and rented w/o a broker, or (3) various other exceptions like religious organizations. I suspect legally most airbnb landlords are in the clear. I'm not a lawyer, but I do manage an apartment building. We don't discriminate; we just rent to the applications with the highest income and credit ratings. I also suspect it would be in AirBnB's interest to weed this out, but since as a company they have no ethics, nothing will happen until there's a super embarrassing incident and it becomes news. eg Beyonce gets screwed by AirBnB and tweets it.
- abalone 10y ago
  I'm not saying Airbnb discrimination is illegal, I'm saying that anti-racist restrictions on landlords are reasonable in principle, and therefore Airbnb should apply them. As for the law, while you note some exceptions to the federal housing laws, states may supplement. For example it is illegal to discriminate in California even if you're renting a small home.
- w4 10y ago
  > I suspect legally most airbnb landlords are in the clear. Watch it on this - despite the exceptions in the FHA, exceptions never apply to racial discrimination. IANAL, but the discrimination outlined in the article is unlawful, regardless of any exceptions. Plus, state law often supplements the FHA to close off many of the exceptions.

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They wouldn't be forced to share with anyone. They would merely be restrained from discriminating on the basis of race or other protected categories. This mirr

by abalone 10y ago

x0x0 10y ago
That's not true at all. You can't advertise that you discriminate but you generally can discriminate if (1) it's fewer than 4 units and the owner lives on premises, (2) it's a single family home owned by a person and rented w/o a broker, or (3) various other exceptions like religious organizations. I suspect legally most airbnb landlords are in the clear. I'm not a lawyer, but I do manage an apartment building. We don't discriminate; we just rent to the applications with the highest income and credit ratings. I also suspect it would be in AirBnB's interest to weed this out, but since as a company they have no ethics, nothing will happen until there's a super embarrassing incident and it becomes news. eg Beyonce gets screwed by AirBnB and tweets it.
- abalone 10y ago
  I'm not saying Airbnb discrimination is illegal, I'm saying that anti-racist restrictions on landlords are reasonable in principle, and therefore Airbnb should apply them. As for the law, while you note some exceptions to the federal housing laws, states may supplement. For example it is illegal to discriminate in California even if you're renting a small home.
- w4 10y ago
  > I suspect legally most airbnb landlords are in the clear. Watch it on this - despite the exceptions in the FHA, exceptions never apply to racial discrimination. IANAL, but the discrimination outlined in the article is unlawful, regardless of any exceptions. Plus, state law often supplements the FHA to close off many of the exceptions.