What does housing discrimination look like?
• Refusing to deal Refusing to sell, rent, least, or negotiate for a dwelling. • Different terms, conditions Charging different prices, not offering specials, having different rules for some. • Misrepresentation Saying that an available dwelling is not available for inspection, rent or sale when it is. • Discriminatory presentation To say, publish, or display a discriminatory preference with respect to the sale or rental of a dwelling (for example a landlord or ad saying no kids). • Steering Directing anyone to or away from homes or rental properties in a particular area based on discriminatory reasons. • Unequal financing Denying a loan to anyone or discriminating in the terms or conditions of a loan based on discriminatory reasons. • Blockbusting Engaging in panic-selling by representing that the racial composition of a neighborhood is going to change. Is it just rentals? No, every kind of housing transaction is covered by the Fair Housing Laws, including real estate transactions, lo
