Thoughts on blatant sexism & discrimination when renting? - Includes anecdote!

I mean, you can sue, you would probably win, at least in the US.
However, if it's for example a room in someone's house, would you really want to live with a person you just sued?

The real issue becomes when when entire neighborhoods or even cities adapt this practice against certain demographics.
If part of Chicago suddenly decided to not rent to white people, that's bullshit and sue the fuck out of them.
 
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My rental place only wanted men who didn't live with a partner so I got the weird gender swapped version of this.
 
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The one thing that stuck out to me is you mentioned that it was on a board at a university. Are you sure that it wasn't a listing for a sorority house? Sure, Current Year™️ is a thing, and you didn't mention where you live, but troons haven't managed to run roughshod over the entire world quite yet. Some places still have respect for sex-segregated spaces and living arrangements. I have respect for that, and honestly I feel that renters should have more leeway in who they can and can't rent to. Obviously, you don't want to be overt about it, but unless you're a relatively hands-off landlord with a comfortable buffer and other profitable properties, do you  really want to be forced to rent to She-boon'iqua and her litter of fatherless dindu's? Or Tyler the local meth dealer, who you know is going to trash the place and vanish the first time his regular buyer finds a cheaper supplier?

Idiotron said:
I mean, you can sue, you would probably win, at least in the US.
However, if it's for example a room in someone's house, would you really want to live with a person you just sued?

The real issue becomes when when entire neighborhoods or even cities adapt this practice against certain demographics.
If part of Chicago suddenly decided to not rent to white people, that's bullshit and sue the fuck out of them.
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Yeah, but what self-respecting white person would want to voluntarily live in Chicongo?!
 
I think you should be able to refuse rent to anybody for any reason, and certainly if you are going to rent out a room and live with them.
Particularly now since it's incredibly difficult to remove tenants in certain countries regardless of what they do. For example, in the UK, it's common practice to just wait for the contract to run out and not renew it when tenants don't pay rent (and not pay for several months), as the mechanism for recourse is so slow.
 
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