$1300 GEORGETOWN large private room in a shared house (Washington)
Posted on 02/11/2017 10:07:02 AM PST by markomalley
"Open-minded" liberals in Washington, D.C., are barring Trump supporters from applying to rent apartments online.
Since the presidential election numerous listings have appeared on Craigslist, Reddit, and other sites written by woke vegetarian liberals, who are open to renters of any gender identity, but write-off anyone with opposing political beliefs.
"Alcohol, pets and meat products are not allowed in the house," said one liberal woman seeking a roommate near Georgetown, quoted in the New York Times. "Neither are Trump supporters."
"Roommates Wanted. Trump Supporters Need Not Apply," the Times reports, arguing that anti-Trump rental policies are legal despite political affiliation being a protected trait under D.C. law.
The Times says anti-Trump housing listings are a "small act of defiance in an area that heavily favored Hillary Clinton." Only 4 percent of D.C. voters cast their ballots for Donald Trump.
Liberals say they are open to any "gender identity" or "non-identity"—with the exception of identifying as conservative.
"[T]wo women in their 20s were searching for a roommate to take over a lavender-colored room in their Columbia Heights apartment for $550," the Times reported. "The women detailed their love of happy hours, a ‘good Netflix sesh,' pho and tacos."
"We're open to any age/gender identity/non-identity," the liberal women said. "So long as you didn't vote for Trump."
Another self-described "open-minded" liberal couple said they could not accept a Trump supporter to fill an open room in their house.
"If you're racist, sexist, homophobic or a Trump supporter please don't respond," the posting said. "We won't get along."
Another listing by a liberal woman in the Columbia Heights neighborhood reads: "Trump supporters this is not the house for you (no, seriously)."
The Times reports that political views are "not protected under the Fair Housing Act," and quotes a lawyer who says discriminating against Trump supporters is "like saying you don't want any nonsmokers."
The D.C. Office of Human Rights, however, prohibits discrimination against "political affiliation" in housing, employment, public accommodations, and educational institutions.
"Political affiliation: belonging to or supporting a political party" is listed as a protected trait in D.C.
"The D.C. Office of Human Rights enforces the D.C. Human Rights Act, which makes discrimination illegal based on 19 protected traits for people that live, visit or work in the District of Columbia," the office said. "The D.C. Human Rights Act prohibits discrimination in housing, employment, public accommodations and educational institutions [emphasis in original]."
The Office of Human Rights did not immediately respond to request for comment on whether barring Trump supporters from renting would violate the law.
Liberals have shut their doors to Trump voters before. Some D.C. residents took their Airbnb listings for inauguration week down after Trump won the election.
"I have a visceral reaction to the thought of having a Trump supporter in my house," said one person who had planned to rent out a room during the inauguration. "No amount of money could make me change my mind. It's about moral principles."
The only conservative quoted in the Times piece said he would live with anyone, regardless of their political beliefs.
$1300 GEORGETOWN large private room in a shared house (Washington)
Law suits waiting to be filed...QUICK MONEY!!!
Seriously, some people just need to have their asses kicked.
If I have to make a cake for your gay wedding, you have to rent to an American.
It’s time to measure against these people the same measure they have chosen to use against us. No quarter.
That eliminates 99+% of Trump supporters anyway.
Help wanted - Dogs and Irish need not apply.
Really was part of our history (sez the guy whose grandfathers both married spouses with Irish surnames, one Sweeney and the other Kelly).
And the descendants all have the map of Ireland written all over their faces.
Drain the swamp. DC will be a ghost town.
Forget the anti-Trump issue, I would never want to live with someone who says “Netflix sesh.” That may be the most hateable person alive.
Won’t be a lot of people who didn’t vote Trump looking to rent for the next 8 years. Hope those dummies didn’t extend themselves banging on rental income to meet their mortgage payments
BTW who would want to live with a bunch of liberals, they are so yesterday
As Milo says it’s cool to be conservative
I didn’t think newspaper would print such discriminatory ads?
I think if the room is in the home of the landlord or a sublease like for a roommate then the restrictions don’t apply but if it’s for a stand alone house like the ones Mr. Mercat and I rent, then you can’t even say that the place is in a family neighborhood.
You know it sort of refreshing to have truth in advertising. Hope they are not offended when they read that they are simply not wanted in similar social postings. American culture is divided and its people no longer share a common, reasonable social consensus. Just the way it is.
So they don’t want roommates who are neat, clean, sane and honest?
Now that’s funny!
What Trump supporter would want to live with these kooks in the first place?
Great! Who would want to share space with unhinged liberals, anyway?
Considering the behavior of the anti-Trumper’s, I can just imagine how responsible they are going to be with someone else’s property.
I can imagine the Trump supporter apartments look more like the Mall after the pro-life march and the anti-Trumper’s look more like the streets after the Women’s march.
I’d appreciate the advance notice....no way I’’d want to live with these mentally ill, angry a-holes
Thanks for the heads-up, LOSERS
Thisis a double-edged sword, as these blue pilled cuckadoodles are about to discover.
So if someone said no Obama supporters, it would be fine?
Discrimination.
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