Landlord accused of discriminating against woman

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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."

http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/129610988.html

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1. I posted this story in GD on Friday:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1907079

I live near West Salem and in the local paper here (La Crosse Tribune) there are lots of comments on the story from people who know the landlord.

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2. Thanks! interesting comments! n/t

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3. Sometimes the comments are more informative than the story itself.

There are a lot of hardcore right-wing types who post on the La Crosse Tribune, charter members of the YOYO (You're On Your Own) Party.