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Ok so I'm being a negative ninny and pedant but California has numerous fair-housing laws that they are bumping up against here. For example, it is illegal to
by dotBen 16y ago
Ok so I'm being a negative ninny and pedant but California has numerous fair-housing laws that they are bumping up against here.
For example, it is illegal to discriminate a tenant based on "source of income" - so if one potential tenant works for a startup and the other works for an investment bank, you can't choose the tenant who works for a startup over the other simply because of where they work. Nor can you legally advertise as such.
(http://www.aroundthecapitol.com/code/getcode.html?file=./gov/12001-13000/12955-12956.2 http://www.aroundthecapitol.com/code/getcode.html?file=./gov...)
I totally get the desire to have an all-startup household, but I'm also raising this because I think we would be outraged if other fair-housing laws were being flouted, like discrimination based on ethnicitity or sexual orientation, and so I'm minded that it is important to respect the CA fair housing laws in their totality.
- fido 16y agoMy guess is that this applies to property owners/landlords looking for tenants. The article talks about finding roommates, which I'm pretty sure is ok to pick and choose...
- dotBen 16y agoMy understanding is that in San Francisco, especially, the laws are very broad and occur at all levels - which from the perspective of 'fair housing' makes sense. I will try to find the article I read on this recently. UPDATE: roommates can choose based on gender only where there is a shared bathroom, kitchen or common area. That is all.
- seiji 16y agohttp://www.craigslist.org/about/FHA#roommates http://www.craigslist.org/about/FHA#roommates
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- jasonshen 16y agoThanks seji. Looks like we're in the clear. We didn't say the person had to be anything, but we did pick based on certain qualities / characteristics. "in a situation in which a landlord owns less than four rental units, and lives in one of the units, it is legal for the owner to discriminate in the selection process based on the aforementioned categories, but it is illegal for that owner to advertise or otherwise make a statement expressing that discriminatory preference."
- seiji 16y agoNo problem, jasohen.
- jasonshen 16y agoWas that a dig on my spelling your name wrong? Sorry about that.
- Dylanlacey 16y agoWait, so, you can choose NOT to rent to me because I'm gay/male/Scottish/a Republican, but you're also disallowed from saying "Sorry, no gays/men/Scots/Republicans"? What an excellent way the time of people looking for housing.
- jasonshen 16y ago*seiji
- iamdave 16y agoroomate != tenant. edit: looks like fido and I hit the 'submit' button at the same time, heh :D