Four of them rudely ignored me. The last one sent me the picture below.
Posted on 10/01/2023 5:20:25 PM PDT by algore
A black woman has sued a leading real estate company and 35 of its realtors for discrimination after allegedly failing to help her find low income housing.
Shaniqua Newkirk filed the lawsuit in a New York City federal court last month against Douglas Elliman and its agents over claims they violated discrimination laws in the Fair Housing Act.
She sent emails to the luxury realtors in June 2021 requesting help to find Section 8 housing, which is a federal government voucher program that helps poor families, the elderly or the disabled afford housing in the private market.
But Newkirk claims the agents either failed to respond or did not provide adequate help.
She claims Douglas Elliman realtor Madeline Hult Elghanayan told her: 'I only specialize in luxury real estate transactions' while others did not know what a Section 8 housing voucher was.
Douglas Elliman strenuously denied the allegations in a statement that said: 'We will be challenging the merits of these predatory and baseless claims.'
Newkirk said when she tried to find agents to help her use her Section 8 voucher in spring but drew a blank.
She then found a list of New York City’s most successful agents and brokers who she contacted for support.
However, 'Newkirk was unable to secure alternative housing prior to the expiration of her voucher,' according to the lawsuit.
It added that she was 'forced to remain in a decrepit rodent and vermin-infested apartment'.
The lawsuit lists Douglas Elliman agents Noble Black, Holly Parker, Frances Katzen, Lauren Muss, Elana Schoppmann, Diane Johnson, Eleonora Srugo, Ann Cutbill Lenane and Janna Raskopf as those who failed to help Newkirk.
Elghanayan and Jennifer Kalish as well as former employees Tamir Shemesh and Tal and Oren Alexander were also named in the suit.
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Love it! Go Shaniquia!!
Slayyyy qweeeennnn!!!!
Git dem crackas!!😂😂
Sue ‘em good, Shaniquia!
She wanted a lawsuit.
And if shes poor who goes to a real estate agent, much less a luxiry real estate agent?
I dont see her winning on the clear facts.
What an ignorant racist Black. If a realty company specializes in only certain properties is doesn’t violate any law by not helping in areas they do not deal and it isn’t discrimination just because the idiot wannabe client is black.
Ain’t no clear facts gonna keep Shaniquia from her de-luxe apartment in the sky !
Well, someone lost a huge commission.
Om the facts she wont win. A nyc jury may rule differently and care not about facts.
Every real estate market has brokers and agents who specialize in high-end sales. If a buyer seeking a modest home requests their services, they will be passed off to an entry-level agent. It’s not racism, it’s just the way the system works.
“ added that she was ‘forced to remain in a decrepit rodent and vermin-infested apartment’.”
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Ahhh…. isn’t that what Section 8 housing in NYC is?
I was going to say, I don’t think you and falcon99 having been keeping up with the latest trends in legal theory and court precedent.
Well, Section 8 housing is a limited resource.
The illegals & free-sh*t folks here in California seem to get on the Section 8 housing waiting list and fill it up and then some.
They get their muliple family members here and that seems to give them higher priority.
Wife’s elderly parents, living on Social Security, were on the list, applied and waited years.
Wife’s dad died, so widow still on the list...about 5 years after husband’s death, the widow is still waiting for a Section 8 apartment.
But the no hablo englishers seem to fill the vacancies.
Doesn’t seem like Section 8 is reserved for U.S. citizens.
Four of them rudely ignored me. The last one sent me the picture below.
Smart lady.
“ added that she was ‘forced to remain in a decrepit rodent and vermin-infested apartment’.”
Why is it always a “Shaniqua”?
We are living in a fruitcake universe...
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