Anti-Black Rental Bias Costs Orland Park Landowner $35,000
A housing discrimination lawsuit was settled Wednesday between the landowner, would-be tenants and the U.S. Justice Department. Orland Park man refused to rent to blacks.
An Orland Park property owner agreed to pay $35,000 in damages, among other penalties, after he was sued for refusing to rent a house to a black man. Two lawsuits were filed against Terence Flanagan in 2009, both stemming from accusations that he refused to rent an Orland Park house to a black man named Kemal Majied. Majied and the South Suburban Housing Center, a Homewood-based non-profit that works to uphold fair housing practices, filed one suit. The U.S government filed a second suit, and both claimed Flanagan had violated the Fair Housing Act. As part of the settlement, Flanagan admitted to comments he made to two white women, one sent from the SSHC and the other from the U.S. Department of Justice, that he prefers to not rent to …
NotBuyingIt
3:20 pm on Monday, November 19, 2012
Unfortunately, you also sound like a bigot. The fact that you are calling Tea Partier's racists shows that you just as guilty of stereotyping that group as you have been stereotyped by others. Yes, these things Do go on everyday, and you are just as guilty as the rest. Here is the Wiki definition of "bigot": Bigotry may be based on real or perceived characteristics, including age, disability, … more ›