Focus (Forum & Focus)
Sep. 12, 2007
Internet Exclusion
Focus Column - By Charles S. Doskow - A lawsuit by a fair housing organization against an online roommate finder raises the question of whether preventing discrimination is more important than preserving freedom.
By Charles S. Doskow
The Internet has become the prime medium for persons seeking to share living space with others, and those advertising the availability of such space. The search for a person with whom to share living quarters sounds like one of those activities sufficiently intimate to avoid regulation. The substantive provisions of the Fair Housing Act, the primary federal antidiscrimination law governing the...
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