One important issue facing our country is housing discrimination. The main reason why we still need to fight housing discrimination and it is such of an unfair problem is that the people being discriminated against can’t have the same opportunities as everyone else because they can’t live where they want to based on something they have no say in, like the color of their skin or which country they were born in. To put a permanent end to it, we need to ensure that all people are protected under law from housing discrimination based on race, gender, disability, religion, country of origin, sexual orientation, or any characteristic other than how qualified they are to buy or rent the property. Also, the laws that we have put in place like the Fair Housing Act need to be enforced more solidly because housing discrimination is still a problem today and causes the same problems as 50 years ago, just in more indirect ways.
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Under Jim Crow laws, a landlord could legally slam the door in your face if you were Black or put up a sign on the building reading “Negroes Need Not Apply” telling you that no matter how qualified you were to rent or buy the home, you don’t need to bother because the landlord didn’t like the color of your skin. Today, partly with the help of the Fair Housing Act, which prevents discrimination when selling, renting, or financing a house based on any of these things: race, ethnic background, religion, familial status, gender, age, or disability, the discrimination has become a lot less obvious and more subtle, but there is no doubt it still exists. According to NPR’s Gene Demby, some common examples of housing
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Under Jim Crow laws, a landlord could legally slam the door in your face if you were Black or put up a sign on the building reading “Negroes Need Not Apply” telling you that no matter how qualified you were to rent or buy the home, you don’t need to bother because the landlord didn’t like the color of your skin. Today, partly with the help of the Fair Housing Act, which prevents discrimination when selling, renting, or financing a house based on any of these things: race, ethnic background, religion, familial status, gender, age, or disability, the discrimination has become a lot less obvious and more subtle, but there is no doubt it still exists. According to NPR’s Gene Demby, some common examples of housing