Re: [Winona] Student rental housing

[Jim Sjoberg]

Steve:   Allow me to play "You Know Who's" advocate, and state this:   If a Private Landlord wants to recruit renters without Posting or Publishing a public notice, the Landlord may do so, without the accusation of "Unfair Discriminatory Practice".     If I bought a Duplex, Triplex, or even an Octoplex, and privately recruited  tenants from my Friends from the "Red Meat Eaters Society", along with my relatives, I would be "Golden".   Case in Point is an old friend of mine:   He bought a Multi-Unit Large House in South Minneapolis back in 1994.   He is a staunch member, and believer in AA, and never publicly solicited for tenants.   He approached his contacts from meetings, and his Adult children, and told them they could move into his "Sober Apartment House", if they were so inclined, and were willing to live by House Rules.   (He never placed an Ad in the Paper, or Posted a 'Notice' on a Bulletin Board someplace.)      He was able to fill up his apartments privately.      Where would he stand if someone, whom he didn't solicit, came to him and wanted to rent an empty apartment, and my friend refused?   (I know that City Codes require a License to Operate a Rental Property,  but do  Anti-Discriminatory Rental Laws apply to Landlords who don't publicly solicit tenants?)   Jim Sjoberg         ----- Original Message ----- From: Steve Kranz To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2003 10:48 AM Subject: Re: [Winona] Student rental housing You're correct Dean.    The City Ordinance establishing the Winona Human Rights Commission says that it is an unfair discriminatory practice:   . . . To refuse to sell, rent, or lease or otherwise deny to or withhold from any person or group of persons any real property because of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, status with regard to public assistance or disability, student status if the student is of majority age. -Steve Kranz     ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2003 10:27 PM Subject: Re: [Winona] Student rental housing In a message dated 6/14/03 8:09:11 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: "(Student discrimination) may be legal, but it's not good policy If I'm not mistaken it is also illegal in Winona. I believe that our local Human Rights Act includes as a "protected class" (along with the usual of race, religion, gender, etc.) student status. Dean Lanz