Landlord accused of discriminating against woman [View All]

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Progressive thinking comes slowly for some but some are not even on a learning curve! Lol!

"MILWAUKEE (AP) -- A federal housing agency is accusing a western Wisconsin landlord of refusing to rent a rural house to a single mother because there was no man to live with her "to shovel the snow," but the property owner said Saturday that she was simply watching out for the woman's welfare.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development filed a complaint alleging that Darlene Dovenberg's refusal to rent the home was a violation of the Fair Housing Act, which bans discrimination based on gender or family status.

"Fairness dictates, and the Fair Housing Act requires, that housing decisions not be based on outmoded stereotypes of people's `place' in our society," HUD official John Trasvina said in the statement this week."

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