Submitted 3 months ago by ramble81@lemm.ee to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
I’ve seen neighborhoods that advertise as “active adult living” and are 55+ only. Given that age is a protected class, how can that do that? How is that not the same as an “active white living” community that bans other races?
You can’t discriminate against old people. You can discriminate against young people.
Old age (40+)is the protected class, not young age.
That is for employment/workers, not housing. Under equal opertunity employment you cannot discriminate agianst someone 40 or over.
For fair housing, you must not discriminate, such as refuse familys with minor children, except in a number of cases,
one being if 80% of the dwellings units must have at least one occupant who is 55 years of age or older and the community is made and operates as a 55+ place.
There’s a law called HOPA that says it’s legal. You can have white only neighborhoods if you have the laws, until someone challenges them, changes them, etc. There’s a specific allowance for old people and nobody wants to take it away enough to have changed it.
Thank you. So this is like the weed is legal at a state level but not federal type of things?
Same reason they won’t let me go back to preschool. All I want is to play all day and have nap time!
Honestly, it was probably more the fact that you walked in shouting “I WANT TO SLEEP WITH THE CHILDREN!”
Would you want to live in a neighborhood filled with people who have nothing better to do than look at what everybody else is doing and judge or complain?
Society often self-corrects imaginary problems and is usually done with exceptions to the rules.
Sequentialsilence@lemmy.world 3 months ago
The fair housing act doesn’t stop age discrimination, it protects “familial status” meaning they can’t discriminate based on a family having children, or being in a gay or lesbian relationship. It does have three exceptions to the law and they all center around senior communities.
ickplant@lemmy.world 3 months ago
My guess for 62 is because that’s the earliest you can start receiving your social security.
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Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 3 months ago
This makes sense. If funds are allocated to housing the elderly, you could lose your funding if you just let anyone in.
ramble81@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Federal assistance makes sense. The communities in referring to definitely don’t need assistance