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<a href="http://'http://taxdollars.freedomblogging.com/2009/04/29/landlord-on-hook-for-up-to-44000-even-though-discrimination-case-was-dropped/17249/'">Landlord on hook for up to $44,000 - even though discrimination case was dropped</a>
Back in 2006, Bader advertised on Craigslist a room for rent in his Newport Beach home. As an afterthought, he wrote that the 480-square foot rental unit was ?Well suited for professional adults? and ?Perfect for 1 or 2 professionals.? That might not seem like a big deal to you, but the Fair Housing Council of Orange County thought those few words implied discrimination against people with children.
You see, it turns out the Fair Housing Council of Orange County is a very special entity; there?s only a few dozen like it in the country. The council is a nonprofit charged with enforcing fair housing laws ? that is, the laws that prevent landlords from discriminating against blacks or Jews or gays. Our research indicates that these nonprofits aren?t well funded, but they do have a way to make money: they?ve been granted special legal powers to seek money from the very people they accuse of discrimination. As one attorney told us, there?s nothing to stop these agencies from effectively blackmailing landlords.
The bureaucrats told Bader they had investigated and found that Bader does not discriminate? BUT the ads were still a problem. The complaint would be dropped ? if Bader paid the Orange County council $4,000 and agreed to five years of classes at $250 a class.
Bader said no ? the state itself said he didn?t discriminate! But that didn?t seem to matter. Before he knew it, the state turned around and sued him for discrimination, on behalf of the council, and sought ?unlimited? damages.
Back in 2006, Bader advertised on Craigslist a room for rent in his Newport Beach home. As an afterthought, he wrote that the 480-square foot rental unit was ?Well suited for professional adults? and ?Perfect for 1 or 2 professionals.? That might not seem like a big deal to you, but the Fair Housing Council of Orange County thought those few words implied discrimination against people with children.
You see, it turns out the Fair Housing Council of Orange County is a very special entity; there?s only a few dozen like it in the country. The council is a nonprofit charged with enforcing fair housing laws ? that is, the laws that prevent landlords from discriminating against blacks or Jews or gays. Our research indicates that these nonprofits aren?t well funded, but they do have a way to make money: they?ve been granted special legal powers to seek money from the very people they accuse of discrimination. As one attorney told us, there?s nothing to stop these agencies from effectively blackmailing landlords.
The bureaucrats told Bader they had investigated and found that Bader does not discriminate? BUT the ads were still a problem. The complaint would be dropped ? if Bader paid the Orange County council $4,000 and agreed to five years of classes at $250 a class.
Bader said no ? the state itself said he didn?t discriminate! But that didn?t seem to matter. Before he knew it, the state turned around and sued him for discrimination, on behalf of the council, and sought ?unlimited? damages.
