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writes:I'm a student about to turn 23 and heading into final year of college along with most of my close friends and we are currently looking for accomodation to live in close to college for the academic year. I have a physical disability and I cant walk too far and three of my friends and me decided to ask a friend to live with us who happens to be foreign that we've know for ages for safety. Anyways we saw a house available and before even viewing it we told the advertiser that we'd take it because it was so close to college and would have everyone happy. He still showed it to others as he had promised them already and when we went to see it he didn't seem interested in showing us and just asked us to fill out some forms and then gave it to 5 girls studying the same course as us. We weren't even asked for a deposit. Is it not discrimination against 1.) my male friend who is foreign and 2.)me for having a physical disability. We weren't going to trash the house or anything as most of us dont drink alcohol and we aren't crazy going out people in contrast to the chosen girls. Should I make a complaint? Reply to this Question
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reader, Honeypie  + ♥, writes (18 July 2013):
 They might not want COLLEGE kids in their rentals and honestly, I don't blame them. Now you and your friends might not tear the house up, but I have seen the results in renting to a group of younger people and I would NEVER (personally) do that myself if I had a house to rent.
He might be naive in thinking that girls will keep the house better ( NOT sure he is right - some younger girls are as nasty as their male counterparts when it comes to stuff that ISN'T their own.
Look for more place, eventually you will get lucky. I hope.
And, no it's NOT discrimination.
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reader, person12345 +, writes (18 July 2013):
 I'm not sure why you think this is a case of discrimination at all, it sounds like normal housing issues. Finding housing is hard and I don't know a single landlord anywhere who would lease their property to someone they'd never met. Given the choice between someone they've never met promising they will take it versus someone actually standing in the living room writing a check, there isn't a landlord anywhere who would decline to a person standing there because someone else wanted to reserve it remotely. It sounds like he likely already had it filled before you even arrived for the showing. That's just how it goes. There are a lot of people who treat disabled people badly, but this is not one of those cases. It's just a case of losing out on an apartment you wanted. It's happened to everyone apartment hunting at one time or another.
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reader, anonymous, writes (18 July 2013): Hi there! I don't think you and friends are being discriminated in anyway. Don't belittle yourself or think that the landlord gave it someone else because your friend is male and foreign.
You see the landlord own the place. Therefore they have the right to choose whoever they want to occupy their space.
If I were you and your friends just look for another place to stay. Its not worth your energy.
Believe me what you experienced, its called rejection, was experience by everybody. Not just you and your friends.
Good luck!
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