Online housing discrimination primarily done by roommate-seekers, familial status, study finds
Wednesday, October 5, 2011 - 17:01
in Mathematics & Economics
As more and more people use websites like Craigslist to find roommates and advertise apartment vacancies, the opportunities increase for housing discrimination law violations. Rigel Oliveri, an associate dean for faculty research and development and associate professor of law at the University of Missouri School of Law, found that discriminatory online housing ads are almost always posted by people seeking roommates, and are primarily based on familial status.