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May 6, 2021 at 4:11 comment added phoog @Hasse1987 "separate from the adverse actions a discriminatory agent/landlord might take": yes, and the adverse discriminatory action is permissible if it isn't based on the prospective tenant's membership in a protected class. Discrimination against someone who refuses to submit to a credit check doesn't become unlawful simply because the person happens to be Swedish (or of any other national origin, for that matter).
May 4, 2021 at 18:00 comment added obscurans This is prima facie legal, but what would be very illegal is if this behaviour is only seen by particular people according to protected characteristics. Without interesting experiments it may be hard to know whether a differently presenting person would get the same treatment.
May 4, 2021 at 1:10 history edited Dale M CC BY-SA 4.0
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May 4, 2021 at 1:02 comment added NPSF3000 "Whether the OP belongs to a protected class" Wouldn't that be true by default? My understanding is that the law doesn't protect certain people, it protects all people from treatment based on certain characteristics.
May 3, 2021 at 22:12 comment added Hasse1987 "The class “won’t answer my questions” is not a protected class." Your understanding of the law seems muddled here. Whether the OP belongs to a protected class (which we have no information on) is separate from the adverse actions a discriminatory agent/landlord might take. Moreover, agents' initial screening on income could be considered discriminatory, eg in states (not NY) where it is illegal to discriminate based on Section 8 voucher status. Lawfulness just depends on the intent of the agents (as @grovkin stated) or the degree of discriminatory impact.
May 3, 2021 at 21:57 comment added Harper - Reinstate Monica You mean the class of people "who refuses to cooperate with our screening process/sales funnel" is not a protected class.
May 3, 2021 at 5:31 history edited Dale M CC BY-SA 4.0
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May 3, 2021 at 5:16 comment added grovkin To an extent, of course. Real estate agents are state-licensed professionals. And their behavior cannot (for example) have housing discrimination as its designed outcome.
May 3, 2021 at 3:03 history answered Dale M CC BY-SA 4.0