• FreeAdvice has a new Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, effective May 25, 2018.
    By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our Terms of Service and use of cookies.

Housing Discrimination Due to Military Status

Accident - Bankruptcy - Criminal Law / DUI - Business - Consumer - Employment - Family - Immigration - Real Estate - Tax - Traffic - Wills   Please click a topic or scroll down for more.

Hot Topic

Senior Member
Well meaning people have brought up rules against discriminating against the military; however, the situations they reference don't apply to this one. Examples: the daughter hasn't been deployed, so interest rate caps are irrelevant. There's no evidence that military service clauses were attached to the lease. Again, there was no mention in the original post of the daughter being charged extra to rent the room because of her military commitment or being forced to take on more liability than other tenants.

The mother is trying desperately to create a claim of discrimination where no such discrimination exists.

It sounded like the landlord was going to make a good faith effort to get pre-lease tenants to accept other accommodations so the daughter could stay in her room. If she was so anti-military, seems like she would have just told the mother than her daughter was out of luck.
 


Cvillecpm

Senior Member
The soldiers, sailors civil relief act has no discrimination protection in it...BASICALLY, it is a "get out of lease/jail" card if and when soldier/service member is deployed on active duty.

Some STATES with HUGE military population have added some statutes of their own to their state laws which is probably the case with Florida.
 

Find the Right Lawyer for Your Legal Issue!

Fast, Free, and Confidential
data-ad-format="auto">
Top