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Housing Horrors, Part 3

Posted April 9, 2010

Source: WCAX.com, April 9, 2010

“Housing discrimination claims continue to rise in Vermont, but an organization is confronting the issue head-on.

You may have seen these commercials on TV where landlords unlawfully discriminate against potential tenants. Now while the person you saw in the public service announcement was an actor, agencies in Vermont hire real live people, to visit landlords in person. They might send two people of the same socio-economic background, but of different races, to determine if a landlord is discriminatory. [More ...]

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Housing Horrors Part 2

Posted April 8, 2010

Source: WCAX.com, April 8, 2010

“Native Texan Alexia Wilson moved to Vermont last month with her 19-month-old grandson. She rented an apartment– sight unseen. After being in the apartment for about a month, the landlord sent her a letter to vacate claiming her child was too loud, after neighbors complained about the noise coming from her apartment.

“She rented to me knowing that I had a child. Now she’s wanting to kick me out because I have a child,” Wilson said.

WCAX News contacted the landlord, Rose Jackson, who resides in Florida.

Reporter Melinda Davenport: She feels like she’s been discriminated against. Is that true? [More ...]

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