Study finds American Indians discriminated against in rental market more t

[Judi Lynn]

Posted on Tue, Nov. 18, 2003

Study finds American Indians discriminated against in rental market more than other groups
GENARO C. ARMAS
Associated Press

WASHINGTON - American Indians are more likely than any other minority group to face discrimination when trying to rent homes, a government-sponsored study concluded.

American Indian renters were discriminated against some 29 percent of the time last year, according to the study conducted for the Housing and Urban Development Department by the private Washington-based think tank, the Urban Institute.

It was the first time HUD had commissioned research on discrimination against American Indians. Findings were based on testing conducted off tribal lands in three states with relatively high populations of that group: New Mexico, Montana and Minnesota.

Data previously released by HUD found that Hispanic renters were discriminated against 26 percent of the time, while rates were less for blacks (22 percent) and Asians (21 percent). That research was also based on tests conducted in areas that had large populations of the specific group.

Indians were more likely than other minorities to experience more severe forms of discrimination, such as being lied to by a building manager that an available apartment was taken, Margery Austin Turner, the study's lead researcher, said Tuesday. (snip/...)

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1. amazing

the landlord makes money from the building that sits on land that really belongs to first nations people. and then won't rent to them as a group.