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Facebook’s ad targeting was more exclusionary than most realized

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Advertisers were offered thousands of attributes to choose from to exclude based on user data collected by Facebook, including words like “foreigner.” Continue reading →

Zillow, Realogy support bill for LGBTQ protections in housing

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Zillow and Realogy joined 159 other businesses to announce their support their support of the Equality Act, ahead of its expected re-introduction into Congress next week. Continue reading →

Landlord fined after denying renter’s emotional support animal

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A New York landlord has been slapped with a $15,000 fine to settle a discrimination case involving a mentally ill tenant and her emotional support animal. Continue reading →

Real estate responds to Trump administration’s reported trans policy change

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The report has already sparked protests and activism across the U.S. over concerns that such a policy change would lead to fewer protections against discrimination for transgender Continue reading →

Realogy throws support behind LGBT housing protection bill

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John Peyton, president and CEO of Realogy’s Franchise Group, announced his parent company’s support of the Fair and Equal Housing Act, a bill up for consideration by Congress that is designed to prevent anti-LGBT housing discrimination nationwide.  Continue reading →

Court rules landlords are liable for tenant-on-tenant discrimination

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A judge reinstated a Fair Housing Act lawsuit against Glen St. Andrew Living Community for failing to protect a lesbian tenant from harassment by tenants. Continue reading →

HUD charges Minnesota homeowners and their Realtor with discrimination

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Minnesota homeowners and their Realtor are being charged by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) with discrimination. Continue reading →