Posted on 08/22/2006 9:38:43 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
Coldwell Banker Denies Claims By National Fair Housing Alliance
(CBS) CHICAGO A well-known real estate company is in the hot seat this Tuesday morning, accused of racial bias when it comes to selling Chicago area homes.
As CBS 2’s Kristyn Hartman reports, the National Fair Housing Alliance conducted an undercover investigation of Coldwell Banker realty and says it came up with some very disturbing information.
The investigating agency says this is the third complaint nationally against the firm NRT Inc., the largest residential brokerage firm in the country and parent company to Coldwell Banker.
The National Fair Housing Alliance says it was the Coldwell Banker Gold Coast office specifically where their testers encountered discriminatory practices.
They had white and African-American testers pose as potential condominium buyers, looking for homes in such neighborhoods as Lincoln Park, the Gold Coast and Lakeview.
An Alliance spokeswoman said the investigation uncovered blatant discrimination by real estate agents against African-Americans. She said white testers saw 36 properties, while their African-American counterparts with better qualifications were shown only seven.
In one case, a real estate agent reportedly even suggested an African-American tester posing as a buyer should rent rather than buy.
At a news conference, the president of the group said agents were steering clients, which violates Fair Housing law – violations she said Chicago has seen in the past.
“Why, in Chicago, are we finding real estate agents still blatantly engaging in violations of the Fair Housing Act, these people who are working for Gold Coast?” said National Fair Housing Alliance President Shanna Smith. “You know, there are a lot of good agents in Chicago, but it only takes a handful of agents to perpetuate segregation and to limit a person’s choice.
In filing its complaint, the Alliance is preparing federal litigation and talking with the U.S. Department of Justice.
In response to the allegations, Coldwell Banker President and Chief Operating Officer Doug Ayers said in a statement: "We take the allegations made by the National Fair Housing Alliance very seriously. But we have no reason to believe at this time that there is no merit to the complaint. Our company does not tolerate discrimination, which is well documented. We will of course continue to review the allegations."
two track backs, came in through FR to:
http://people.ucsc.edu
and
http://home.att.net
So, you have nothing to say?
Danged if I know, man.
Not guilty.
That's nice. Irrelevant but nice
What was that strange list from the A.M. supposed to mean?
They are saying that I inserted the keywords.
Clarify, it came from my user account.
There was a program loaded in my tasks that was disabling my ccApp.exe.
Was is that not relevant?
Maybe but it wasn't in your "Dr Watson" program. Disabling Norton would not cause your computer to post a while pile of keywords.
I don't know tech terms. I've learned the computer through trial and error. If you want to make me guilty here for wording you win.
But what ever my Dr. Watson's signaled as a failed to connect disabled my ccApp.exe. That detects intrusions.
Trend Microsoft removed a bunch of stuff on my box and I have trials in my Norton's security showing the alerts came from FR.
Whatever you want to believe is fine with me.
obviously you aren't alone since the MODS here posted this. And if Jim really believed I didn't do something, I would think something else what have been done here.
If I give you a list of keywords, are you willing to post the user?
Are you willing to post the username of these keywords used on other threads?
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So you supposedly did all that within 4 seconds? Damn but you are FAST.
No soup for you? Hilarious
Wish I could laugh too.
I'm fuming.
No response.
This site is no different then any other business. No customer response.
They collect money, time and content and are way beyond arrogant in how they treat some of their customers.
That is wrong, beyond wrong.
Jim ruled "not guilty".
However, you do need to figure out how this nonsense happened and who would have it in for you to try and frame you so.
I'm sure that was a cya. For a freepmail reference.
After looking closer at those keywords, it looks like the mods sit there and laugh at half of us.
They suck.
All we do here is try to make a difference and they take our time and money and laugh at us.
There are no better than the people in SDS.
SDS? Weathermen or Revolutionary Youth Movement II? Lol.
I have never had any problem with the mods except for one hour time out because a nitwit got his panties in a twist. Never have felt the necessity to call them on anyone since I figure I am a big boy and can take anything an antagonist can dish out.
WHAT IS WITH THE F KEYWORDS? PEOPLE CALLING FOR ME TO GET ZOTTED? I'M ONE OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS MEMBERS OF THIS FORUM!
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