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Essentially an archaic organisation using an archaic law against a modern ad delivery platform. What a travesty.

AdamM12 8y ago
Regulator land grab imo. FHA is intended to regulate the owners of real estate. HUD shouldn't be in the advertising regulation business.
- astura 8y ago
  ... except the FHA literally has text that specifically applies to housing advertisements. They are enforcing the letter of the law. >(c) To make, print, or publish, or cause to be made, printed, or published any notice, statement, or advertisement, with respect to the sale or rental of a dwelling that indicates any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation, or discrimination.
  - Karishma1234 8y ago
    Well, that is the point. Why is HUD regulating ad business ? Why has no one challenged this on 1st amendment basis ? Or is this too political a thing here ? > or an intention to make any such preference, limitation, or discrimination. And HUD is also regulating "intentions" ?
dang 8y ago
Would you please stop using HN primarily for political battle? It's destructive of what this site exists for, the site guidelines ask you not to, and we ban accounts that continue doing it, regardless of their politics. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- Karishma1234 8y ago
  I am unable to see any political arguments here. Need to take off your hippie glasses I suppose.
  - throwaway-hn123 8y ago
    Enjoy your ban, dalit bitch!
  - dang 8y ago
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Regulator land grab imo. FHA is intended to regulate the owners of real estate. HUD shouldn't be in the advertising regulation business.

astura 8y ago
... except the FHA literally has text that specifically applies to housing advertisements. They are enforcing the letter of the law. >(c) To make, print, or publish, or cause to be made, printed, or published any notice, statement, or advertisement, with respect to the sale or rental of a dwelling that indicates any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation, or discrimination.
- Karishma1234 8y ago
  Well, that is the point. Why is HUD regulating ad business ? Why has no one challenged this on 1st amendment basis ? Or is this too political a thing here ? > or an intention to make any such preference, limitation, or discrimination. And HUD is also regulating "intentions" ?

dang 8y ago

Would you please stop using HN primarily for political battle? It's destructive of what this site exists for, the site guidelines ask you not to, and we ban accounts that continue doing it, regardless of their politics. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Karishma1234 8y ago
I am unable to see any political arguments here. Need to take off your hippie glasses I suppose.
- throwaway-hn123 8y ago
  Enjoy your ban, dalit bitch!
- dang 8y ago
  The issue is that you've been using HN primarily for that, which is against the site guidelines. You've also used more than one account to do it. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html I've banned this account until we get some indication that you want to use HN as intended, and will from now on.