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category national | housing | opinion/analysis author Sunday November 19, 2006 04:10author by Hank Report this post to the editors

Refusing rent allowance is discrimination

Refusing rent allowance is discrimination. Media carrying the statement "rent allowance not accepted" are enabling discrimination.
How to respond?

Hi,

This advertisement was recently posted on popular Irish property website:

"3 bedroom house ******. Rent is 400 euro per month plus bills . A deposit of 400 euro + one months rent in advance required . Please contact ********** to arrange viewing. No social welfare tenents considered."

I considered it offensive. It was clearly discriminatory. I wrote to support@the website asking them to remove this advertisement:

Support replied saying that they would alter the advertisement to "rent allowance not accepted".

I contacted the equality authority to ask their advice on this issue. http://www.equality.ie . The Equal Status Act 2000 came into force on the 25th October 2000. As it relates to service providers, discrimination based on the following grounds: Gender, Marital Status, Family Status, Age, Race, Religion, Disability, Sexual Orientation, Membership of the Traveller community is an offence.

Therefore if the refusal to accept rent allowance can be tied into another issue such as disability, gender, sexual orientation or any of the categories covered under equality legislation then a case could be taken.

Even if it does not fall directly under any of categories above, it is my opinion that the statement "rent allowance not accepted" is offensive and is a statement of intent to discriminate.

I have requested that the website does not collude with or enable this form of discrimination by permitting the statement "rent allowance not accepted" to be posted on their web site. They have not responded as yet.

There is no genuine reason why rent allowance can not be accepted by anyone. The paperwork is minimal and the payment is guaranteed.

There is now in this country a housing emergency. Many people are denied access to decent housing, decent conditions and security of tenure by virtue of extortionate house prices and lack of local authority housing. Why should this group of people be stigmatized or suffer further due to the prejudice and immoral behavior, such as tax evasion, of others?

Therefore I am interested in finding out what steps might be taken in response to this overt and shameless discrimination.

One course of action is to take a test case against an individual landlord. Another useful step would be to stop the media carrying the advertisement from printing "rent allowance not accepted". The latter may seem trivial. However it would inconvenience the landlord. To print this statement is audacious. It is indicative of the ethos of this parasitic class and their fear of the less well off.

Feel free to comment. You suggestions are welcome.

Hank.

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 #   Title   Author   Date 
 1   A dsigrace     Kate    Mon Nov 20, 2006 13:54 
 2   sad but true     LaLa    Mon Nov 20, 2006 14:41 
 3   nonsense     Kate    Mon Nov 20, 2006 16:18 
 4   ..     LaLa    Mon Nov 20, 2006 16:32 
 5   Not so black and white     Dave    Mon Nov 20, 2006 16:32 
 6   Also     Cleaver    Mon Nov 20, 2006 21:05 
 7   Gainful employment     hank    Mon Nov 20, 2006 21:45 
 8   cleaver...     gerri    Mon Nov 20, 2006 21:54 
 9   rent allowance     hank    Mon Nov 20, 2006 22:17 
 10   ..     gerri    Tue Nov 21, 2006 02:44 
 11   No-Dss thank you     Keith Harris    Tue Nov 21, 2006 03:32 
 12   RA filter for that website     anon    Tue Nov 21, 2006 04:02 
 13   http://threshold.daft.ie/     Danii    Tue Mar 13, 2007 21:46 
 14   Makes no sense     Anon    Wed Mar 21, 2007 01:54 
 15   Nowhere to live     Darragh    Wed Mar 21, 2007 11:04 
 16   Is it illegal     Rent allowancer    Thu Mar 29, 2007 02:09 
 17   OrganiseForChange     Corky    Thu Mar 29, 2007 14:26 
 18   Help!     Pregnant "young adult" with working partner    Fri Mar 30, 2007 00:19 
 19   am so sick of it too     conec    Mon Apr 02, 2007 01:22 
 20   I agree     tiger, tiger burning bright    Fri May 04, 2007 22:00 
 21   rent allowance discrimination. Letters to the papers and TV stations and Daft.ie     conec    Fri May 11, 2007 13:00 
 22   rent allow.     Daft    Fri May 11, 2007 14:12 
 23   It's daft     Hank    Tue May 22, 2007 13:06 
 24   rent allow.     Daft    Tue May 22, 2007 20:20 
 25   wrote to TDs     conec    Wed May 23, 2007 15:02 
 26   daft     conec    Wed May 23, 2007 15:08 
 27   The equal status act     conec    Tue May 29, 2007 00:33 
 28   Daft and Diabolical     Rory byrne    Sat Jun 02, 2007 21:47 
 29   Who is Daft?     Jaysus    Mon Jun 04, 2007 01:02 
 30   Confused     Jim O'Sullivan    Mon Jun 04, 2007 09:48 
 31   In dubious battle?     Hank    Mon Jun 04, 2007 13:40 
 32   i hate dublin because of all this crap     Caz    Mon Jun 04, 2007 13:49 
 33   organise     conec    Thu Jun 07, 2007 01:28 
 34   here we go again!     Jaysus    Thu Jun 07, 2007 15:26 
 35   Fianna Fail my Arse     Rory Byrne    Fri Jun 08, 2007 13:51 
 36   Kryst     Jaysus    Fri Jun 08, 2007 18:55 
 37   reality check     conec    Sat Jun 09, 2007 05:31 
 38   and another thing     conec    Sat Jun 09, 2007 05:40 
 39   Ireland : A Republic Of Shite     Rory    Thu Jun 14, 2007 17:45 
 40   count me in     Dermot    Fri Jun 15, 2007 01:50 
 41   also...     Dermot    Fri Jun 15, 2007 02:34 
 42   romantic ireland dead and gone : bertie made sure o' that     Rory    Sun Jun 17, 2007 17:06 
 43   S**t!     Hank    Sun Jun 17, 2007 22:59 
 44   rally     Dermot    Mon Jun 18, 2007 18:53 
 45   English Colonialism Replaced By Irish Landlord Greed     Rory    Mon Jun 18, 2007 20:39 
 46   Rent Allowance Info     Rory    Mon Jun 18, 2007 20:53 
 47   rent allow     citizens    Mon Jun 18, 2007 21:37 
 48   Discrimination .... Oh yes ...     rory    Wed Jun 20, 2007 11:48 
 49   Equality authority     Hank    Wed Jun 20, 2007 14:51 
 50   Planning     MM    Wed Jun 20, 2007 22:00 
 51   Sorry MM     Hank    Wed Jun 20, 2007 22:50 
 52   rent allowance     mami    Thu Jun 21, 2007 13:55 
 53   emails     Dermot    Thu Jun 21, 2007 18:20 
 54   a link     conec    Sat Jun 23, 2007 18:09 
 55   Meeting     Hank    Sat Jun 23, 2007 18:55 
 56   Bill     l.lords    Sat Jun 23, 2007 19:21 
 57   good idea     conec    Sun Jun 24, 2007 14:11 
 58   tenants     helper    Sun Jun 24, 2007 14:34 
 59   yahoio group     conec    Sun Jun 24, 2007 18:25 
 60   Meeting     Hank    Mon Jun 25, 2007 02:12 
 61   Rent Allowance Discrimination Blog (add your story)     Rory    Mon Jun 25, 2007 19:36 
 62   Maybe...     CDH    Mon Jul 09, 2007 00:44 
 63   The gombeen like a spider sits....     Hank    Mon Jul 09, 2007 04:00 
 64   rats you say....     crazybutterfly    Wed Jul 11, 2007 17:59 
 65   RA     Same    Wed Jul 11, 2007 20:28 
 66   Today     CDH    Fri Jul 13, 2007 21:33 
 67   Lost in Dublin, whats going on?     Student with no flat    Tue Jul 17, 2007 02:35 
 68   A stake in society.     Hank    Tue Jul 17, 2007 12:46 
 69   Rent Allowance Discrimination is a lod of bollox     student    Wed Jul 18, 2007 19:20 
 70   fas     rent    Wed Jul 18, 2007 20:58 
 71   unfortunately     JOhn Boy    Thu Jul 19, 2007 12:05 
 72   Fact of Life Or Just Fact Of a Complacent Nation?     Dub Man    Sat Jul 21, 2007 16:04 
 73   come on lads!     conec    Wed Jul 25, 2007 00:18 
 74   Blatant Discrimination On Daft     Rory    Fri Jul 27, 2007 16:32 
 75   Rent Allowance - Yet what if you suspect a brothel. What checks do the Community Officers do?     Michelle Clarke    Sat Aug 11, 2007 01:03 
 76   Rent allowance refusals     Jim    Wed Aug 22, 2007 12:34 
 77   Equality tribunal     Jon    Fri Aug 31, 2007 14:58 
 78   moving along     conec    Mon Sep 24, 2007 22:38 
 79   Good Luck     € less    Fri Oct 05, 2007 21:10 
 80   Economic Discrimination     Tom    Mon Oct 08, 2007 00:17 
 81   Rent allowance     Salty100    Fri Oct 19, 2007 17:21 
 82   Sad but True     Whoff    Fri Oct 19, 2007 18:38 
 83   im very uppset     claudia    Fri Jan 11, 2008 14:53 
 84   Let's help each other with a list     bigbut    Fri Feb 08, 2008 17:50 
 85   documentary     conec    Tue Feb 26, 2008 18:04 
 86   cut off point     tony    Tue Mar 18, 2008 18:31 
 87   lost around cork looking for a place accept rent alowance     lucho    Sat Apr 05, 2008 23:17 
 88   Objection To RAS     home owner    Mon Apr 28, 2008 01:21 
 89   Discrimination     Gypsy    Mon Apr 28, 2008 16:24 
 90   Fear     hank    Wed Apr 30, 2008 04:50 
 91   Just wait     RAS    Wed Apr 30, 2008 14:46 
 92   rent allownace accepted     conec    Thu Jun 12, 2008 14:41 
 93   "rent allowance not accepted"     lindaosullivan    Fri Jun 13, 2008 20:30 
 94   Rent allowance discrimination     Conal    Tue Jun 24, 2008 21:31 
 95   Human rights     Hank    Wed Jun 25, 2008 04:07 
 96   Age Discrimination by letting agents     daft    Tue Jul 15, 2008 00:49 
 97   RAS Scheme just suits Landlord Makes Council look Good JOKE     Mistified    Tue Aug 26, 2008 01:08 
 98   A Shame     V    Wed Apr 08, 2009 13:20 
 99   Tenants from Hell ???     Silas Marner    Thu Apr 09, 2009 01:18 
 100   Corrupt landlords     Silas Supported    Thu Apr 09, 2009 02:31 
 101   rent allowance appeals     blandy    Fri Apr 24, 2009 13:50 
 102   rent allowance appeals     blandy    Fri Apr 24, 2009 13:50 
 103   rent allowance     pat c    Fri Apr 24, 2009 14:53 
 104   cheers     blandy    Fri Apr 24, 2009 15:17 
 105   more cuts to welfare recipients     Homeless    Sat Apr 25, 2009 23:34 
 106   life is not fair, get used to it.     dean    Tue Apr 28, 2009 06:11 
 107   Rent Allowance......a bureacratic mess     Michelle Clarke    Thu Apr 30, 2009 18:52 
 108   Repossessed Houses, the figures heading towards 14,000 in arrears     Kevin T. Walsh    Sun May 03, 2009 19:55 
 109   Landlord.     Rogue Tenants.    Tue May 05, 2009 08:57 
 110   Reply to Rogue Tenants and pure Common Sense approach     Michelle Clarke    Sat May 09, 2009 22:15 
 111   MR     wheelo    Wed Jun 03, 2009 23:43 
 112   taxes     Adline    Thu Jun 04, 2009 12:58 
 113   Reply to Adline     Knowledge    Sat Jul 04, 2009 16:51 
 114   Rent Allowance     Sarah    Thu Dec 03, 2009 16:27 
 115   Transparency and Accountability in Housing Administration     Eleanor    Sat Dec 05, 2009 16:07 
 116   Alex     Alex    Fri Dec 25, 2009 15:51 
 117   Public Sector Bliss     Robbed.    Sun May 09, 2010 20:44 
 118   Rent Allowance to Section 23 property and state divestiture of social housing to private market     Eleanor    Tue May 11, 2010 16:09 
 119   Leave it as it is!!     Brian Thompson    Wed Aug 04, 2010 09:49 
 120   Location , Location , Location .     Sceptic .    Fri Aug 06, 2010 16:13 
 121   Rich versus Poor..     Church Mouse.    Wed Feb 23, 2011 20:39 
 122   What the hell!     Baztard    Wed Jun 22, 2011 14:29 
 123   emigrate or move to where the work is     opus diablos    Wed Jun 22, 2011 15:10 
 124   Rent allowance discrimination     catwithcream    Sat Jun 25, 2011 18:24 
 125   State divests reponsibility of being Landlord to private investors via S23 & incentives     Maggie Mai    Sun Jun 26, 2011 14:43 
 126   rent allowance     jimiburnotoes    Sun Sep 18, 2011 12:11 
 127   im a tenting     Mary    Tue Oct 25, 2011 21:46 
 128   house not eligible     kate mary    Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:47 
 129   disgrace     anne    Tue Jan 10, 2012 10:47 
 130   I agree. I'm tring to change things. please contact me if you would like to help     Deirdre    Thu Jan 19, 2012 17:09 
 131   RTE Prime Time 9.30 pm     Fred Beagle    Thu May 10, 2012 13:24 
 132   Prisoners & housing     Brian Flannery    Thu May 10, 2012 13:38 
 133   Not for the first time..     opus diablos    Thu May 10, 2012 14:36 
 134   Renting.     Rational Ecologist    Thu May 10, 2012 14:40 
 135   trouble is, RE..     opus diablos    Thu May 10, 2012 15:09 
 136   RENT ALLOWANCE NOT ACCEPTED ; NOT ACCEPTABLE AT ALL     michelle    Tue Nov 12, 2013 13:51 
 137   living in my Van     gromit    Tue Jan 21, 2014 19:33 
 138   Short and to the point     Jack    Tue Jun 17, 2014 16:42 
 139   @ Joe     Crazy Cat    Mon Jun 23, 2014 14:31 
 140   Sorry Jack     Crazy Cat    Mon Jun 23, 2014 15:00 


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