[nagdu] Housing discrimination continues in Washington State

Wed Feb 10 11:49:06 UTC 2010

Albert,
    Okay! I get it!
Marion


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Albert J Rizzi" <albert at myblindspot.org>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
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Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 12:36 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Housing discrimination continues in Washington State


> If I read appropriately the initial email spoke of 60k blind people
> supporting her, that number coupled with friends and family of the blind
> would most certainly increase the numbers of supporters in her corner. 
> that
> is all I meant.
>
> Albert J. Rizzi, M.Ed.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Marion & Martin
> Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 11:46 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Housing discrimination continues in Washington State
>
> Albert,
>    I'm not sure what you mean by "I hope that number would double or 
> triple
>
> when we take into account our sighted friends and family". What number do
> you mean? as for a discrimination attorney, we have one working with us 
> and
> he has filed a suit against the condominium association.
>
> Fraternally yours,
> Marion
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Albert J Rizzi" <albert at myblindspot.org>
> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 9:42 AM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Housing discrimination continues in Washington State
>
>
>>I o\\I would think that number would double or triple when we take into
>> account our sighted friends and family. Perhaps she needs a 
>> discrimination
>> attorney to help out?
>>
>> Albert J. Rizzi, M.Ed.
>> CEO/Founder
>> My Blind Spot, Inc.
>> 90 Broad Street - 18th Fl.
>> New York, New York  10004
>> www.myblindspot.org
>> PH: 917-553-0347
>> Fax: 212-858-5759
>> "The person who says it cannot be done, shouldn't interrupt the one who 
>> is
>> doing it."
>>
>>
>> Visit us on Facebook LinkedIn
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
>> Behalf
>> Of Marion & Martin
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 8:20 AM
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Housing discrimination continues in Washington State
>>
>> Ginger,
>>    Thank you for sending this on to us! We are currently working with a
>> woman in Naples, Florida who is suing her condominium association 
>> because,
>> in their words, "she did not inform us when she was approved that she
>> would
>> be getting a guide dog!" The president of the association told one of the
>> resident, now our prime witness, "We will get rid of that woman and her
>> dog
>> one way or another!" Every time she leaves her condo, she is followed and
>> videotaped, apparently in an effort to intimidate her. She says that, 
>> when
>> this happens, she remembers what I told her when we first started working
>> with her: There are 60,000 blind people walking with her! We must - and
>> will - fight this discrimination wherever and whenever it rears its ugly,
>> ignorant head!
>>
>> Fraternally yours,
>> Marion
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Ginger Kutsch" <gingerKutsch at yahoo.com>
>> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'"
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 3:08 PM
>> Subject: [nagdu] Housing discrimination continues in Washington State
>>
>>
>>> KPLU Local News
>>> Housing Discrimination Continues in Washington
>>> http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kplu/news.newsmain/article/1/0/
>>> 1607868/KPLU.Local.News/Housing.Discrimination.Continues.in.Washi
>>> ngton
>>> Paula Wissel (2010-02-08)
>>>
>>> SEATTLE, WA (KPLU) -
>>> If you're a landlord, it's illegal to refuse to rent to someone
>>> because of their race, religion or disability. That has been the
>>> law for more than forty years. But, apparently the message has
>>> not gotten through to everyone.
>>>
>>> The Fair Housing Center of Washington, based in Tacoma, uses a
>>> very simple investigative method. It will send a white woman and
>>> an African American woman out and have them contact the same
>>> landlords. Housing Center spokeswoman Lauren Walker says the
>>> results are almost always disheartening.
>>>
>>> "It shocks me every time when I see the differences in treatment.
>>> The African American testers are told about higher prices for
>>> apartments. They're told about fewer units and sometimes they're
>>> told about later availability dates than the Caucasian testers,"
>>> she said.
>>>
>>> And, Walker says it isn't just race based discrimination that
>>> continues to be a problem.
>>>
>>> In the past year, the Fair Housing Center has tested for
>>> discrimination against people who have disabilities. The biggest
>>> issue has been landlords unwilling to rent to someone with a
>>> guide dog. Walker says people need to understand that a "no pets"
>>> policy can not be applied to service animals.
>>>
>>> The Fair Housing Center was just awarded one of two federal
>>> grants in the state to help enforce the Fair Housing Act. The
>>> grant is for $275,000.
>>>
>>> The Fair Housing Act was signed into law by President Lyndon
>>> Johnson back in 1968. For the past five years, Washington state
>>> has averaged 270 complaints filed under the Fair Housing Act.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Ginger Bennett Kutsch
>>> Morristown, NJ
>>>
>>>
>>>
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