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Man, I would love to rent to a stripper. You know they would pay rent, they are very well maintained and will have a positive attitude (most times)
Well, I wouldn't go THAT far. LOL...maybe the dancers on SW would be that way...but I've known a few stereotypical dancers...
Anyways...how can they NOT rent to a dancer? Is it legal to discriminate against career choice? What's the difference of renting to a clean, up-standing dancer or a waitress who can't keep her knees together (not implying that dancers cannot...but comparing with the stereotypes)?
I hope that the dancer wins. Geezus.



I hope she wins and sues for something.
I'd never rent to a stripper! You guys, maybe....but to 95% of the strippers I know, never.
Then it's probably because of the type of people they are, not because they are a stripper. If they stopped stripping, they still wouldn't make good tenants.Originally Posted by Emily
Again, why do we fall into the trap of taking "stripper" to mean more than it does. It's an occupation, not a definition of character or an indication of the type of person someone is. How does being a stripper, or any other occupation for that matter, mean that the person will pay their rent on time?Originally Posted by Gabe
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As far as the article goes, I agree with what VenusGoddess said, "Ignorant people will always be out there."
At the heart of most prejudices are sterotypes and logical fallacies, and this is just another example.
If you can't win. Make the fellow in front of you break the record.



Say the rent is 1000 a month.How does being a stripper, or any other occupation for that matter, mean that the person will pay their rent on time?
You have 2 tenants who want to rent your apartment.
a) Someone who works in McDonald's
b) A dentist
Solely based on their JOB only, you can gather so much about the person.
Obviously both could be very hard working, but wouldn't you rent to the Dentist for more reasons then one? Sure the Dentist could turn out to be an asshole or whatever, but on a risk factor, most people would go with the Dentist first.
That's why places pull credit. To see their ability to pay on time. Sure, someone might work at McD's, but if they have no or very little liabilities, then they would be the better bet. If the dentist makes $5000 a month, but is saddled up the ass with bills...then it wouldn't be a good idea to rent to him. Job means nothing. Intent to pay means everything...and that is why it is so important to keep your credit score high by paying your bills on time and keeping your DTI manageable.




I actually had this happen to me too. But to be honest I don't want nosey asses for neighbors anyway. The woman actually had the nerve to tell me that "the last stripper I rented to had men in and out of her house every night" I mean this woman must have been sitting there with binocculars all day spying on this girl. She made it sound like she knew for a fact that the girl was sleeping with all of them. I told her I was a college student with straight A's and 2 kids with zero boyfriends and perfect credit and references and she kept on being a Bi**h so I told her off and left. I definately could have filed a complaint, but why bother? I ened up getting an awesome house for cheaper rent, and my new landlord doesn't have any complaints with me at all and I don't have to worry about being spied on or being unfairly judged.



If you worked at mcdonalds, there is no way you can make 1000 dollar rent even if you had zero bills.
But everyone has to eat and everyone has to have a cell phone =P





There are neighborhoods close to the university that refuse to rent to students. So discrimination agaist strippers? Yeah I can see that. Plus, didn't this happen to Bridgette?
Because there ain't no tits on the radio
so where do people who work at McDonald's live if they don't rent apartments?Originally Posted by Gabe
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It sounds like from the article that it's not discrimination towards strippers per se, but discrimination towards women since most dancers are women....which is course is wrong.Originally Posted by hardkandee
I don't think thre is special protection from being discriminated because of what you do for a living.



Section 8?so where do people who work at McDonald's live if they don't rent apartments?
Parents?
Friends?
or like a 400 dollar apartment.
^ Wow...there are LOTS of people who work at McD's and afford more than $400/month apartments. *clueless*



In my state I *think* the minimum wage is 5.15, and Iv been told unless you been working at Mcdonalds for a long time, your ass is getting minimum wage.
Thats 824$ a month for working 5 days a week at 8 hours a day.
Kinda tough.
Yeah you might be correct, I honestly don't know. However, your statement above seemed to be a blanket statement in which ALL McDonalds employees were unable to afford the apartment in question. You did not qualify it to say those McDonalds workers who were earning minimum wage. Some of the managers, or others might be able to qaulify.Originally Posted by Gabe
Again the issue is jumping to a conclusion based upon a singluar piece of information which may not be truely representative. Now if a landlord pulled finanical and credit information on someone, and they did not qualify, that is one thing. To simply dismiss someone, and worse, make a character judgement about them based soley on their occupation is small minded and naieve.
In many ways you're treating the McD's employee in the same way as the stripper in the article is being treated ... yet you seem to defend her position.
If you can't win. Make the fellow in front of you break the record.





Well, I was going to say that this gal didn't have a fighting chance, but the State of Nebraska beat me to it. They've dropped the lawsuit.
http://www.theomahachannel.com/news/3836690/detail.html
While I agree with the Nebraska AG's position, I found this little witticism on his behalf a wee bit gratuitious:
"Strippers are not a protected class under the law like race, gender and religion. I don't think government's role is to force apartment owners to rent property to people engaged in the adult sex industry."
Yeah, no shit asshole. I'm sure the fundies up there are choking their chickens over this one. Remind me to state that if I should ever own some rental property one day that right wing shitheads aren't a protected class either.
On a more serious note, I wonder if this would have turned out differently had the dancer had some good previous rental references. I'm sure a good paying day job would have helped matters considerably.
Former SCJ now in rehab.
Yes, this also happened to me and Bridgette a few months back and man, did it suck.
Oh, and right wing shitheads ARE a protected class. By each other. Since they run everything, apparently.
"She has written so well, and marvellously well, that I was completely ashamed of myself as a writer...But this girl, who is to my knowledge very unpleasant and we might even say a high-grade bitch, can write rings around all of us who consider ourselves as writers"
Ernest Hemingway on writer, aviation pioneer and horse trainer Beryl Markham



Im not discriminating because of the job, I could care less if you shoveled dog shit for a living, if im the land lord, im gonna make sure that you will be able to pay rent.
Thats not being racist, sexist or being discriminated towards you or your job, in black and white, it comes down to, can you make rent.
This article doesn't mention wheter she will pay the rent or not, just the fact they hated her "kind."
Sorry, I don't feel bad for you, either you make rent or your not gonna live here. Plain and simple.
^ Flip flop...
Anyways, I really think that she should have put that she was being discriminated against because she was Republican. I am sure then, everyone would have been up in arms. She may have even gotten free housing for a while...Who knows?



Flip-flop my ass.
If you worked at mcdonalds but made 5000 dollars a day, I would love for you to rent.
I have the right as the land lord to pick and choose any damn person I want.
I didn't agree with this article because they based it on the JOB, read that venus, JOB and NOT THE INCOME.
Not that hard to understand.
And, you agreed that it was SHITTY. In fact, you said that you would LOVE to rent to a stripper. Do you think that we make $20,000 a month? Do you think a dentist makes $20,000 a month? Do you think that all McD's employees only make $800 a month? You are basing that you won't rent to a McD's employee because they don't make enough money. Your words...not mine.
Again...income is not the whole of it. Someone can make $20,000 a month and STILL not be able to pay any of their bills because they blow it all. And, then you have a McD's employee who makes $1000 a month and can make ends meet. Who do you rent to then? The person with the $20,000 income? Or the one with less income but more "staying" power?
It's not the income...it's not the job...it's the individual. Not that hard to understand.





Originally Posted by VenusGoddess
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I don't think it could be said better!
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