President Barack Obama’s administration showed Tuesday that he wants to pressure landlords to ignore the criminal records of would-be renters.
One inevitable result is that many law-abiding renters — including many African-Americans — will be forced to unknowingly live alongside felons they wish to avoid.
According to Obama’s Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the “disparate impact” theory of racism says landlords are racists if they have a color-blind practice of excluding all felons from their buildings. That color-bind practice is racist, say progressives, because it has a greater impact on African-Americans than on whites.
It has a greater impact on African-Americans because blacks tend to commit crimes at a higher rate than whites, according to federal data.
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11 comments:
The government - particularly this POS - telling us to do something that goes against our better judgement....although too many of us did elect this dirtbag!
The people who voted for obama look more stupid every day something I thought was impossible.
Welcome comrades
Ok. I will not advertise a rental fee. I will just place a for rent sign. If I don't think the person is going to treat my, and I said my property, with respect, I will double the cost. Done deal.
I will double the cost. Done deal.
April 7, 2016 at 9:18 PM
and you will be found out, sued, fined, maybe even some probation or jail time. good luck with that.
So now an illegal immigrant and a felon are a new race of people?
625, that's my point. Race is one thing, breaking the law is a complete other thing, and one has nothing to do with the other.
These days, drinking a glass of water is racist! What a complete idiot this guy is!
If you are drinking bottled water than yes that is very "Racist", it shows to others that you feel you are too good to be drinking regular water.
9:44 I would rather not drink toxic flouride, thankyou very much.
On another note. A landlord behind me doesn't mind renting to felons. And the result has been a drug house. They are associated with the drug dealer that was murdered. They made 2 rap video. One of them going into the felons house with guns and drugs. The other one on our street, both on youtube.
The slumlord doesn't give a rats-azz about the neighbors or the neighborhood. He only cares about the HUD check he is getting every month.
Obama can come in stay in my home and see what renting to some POS felon does for the rest of us, not getting money out of the deal.
Obama can come in stay in my home and see what renting to some POS felon does for the rest of us, not getting money out of the deal.
April 8, 2016 at 10:33 AM
would you feel better if this same type of person had no criminal record?
10:33 AM Been there done that!Even worse,YOU and I are paying their rent via the taxes we pay.Try finding a decent place to rent WITHOUT a criminal history.....or without getting free rent.We deserve to live in safe neighborhoods and I am not talking about race,because just as many white people are criminals and druggies.
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