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Nonprofit law firm looking for ‘fair housing testers’ to find out if there is housing discrimination in Jacksonville

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Are you discriminated against? Are you discriminated against because of the amount of money you make because of your race because of your sexuality? These are things that Jacksonville Area Legal Aid is trying to change.

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Under Florida law, denying rent because of income or even if you get government assistance is allowed, but you can’t be denied a place because of disability, race, sex, color national origin, religion, family status or sexual orientation. “We have testers who do go into, you know, various apartment complexes or sales agencies or insurance agencies to see what is going on in those practices. If it happens, it certainly happens, and that’s what we’re trying to figure out and, and sort out the evidence,” said Suzanne Garrow, an attorney with Jacksonville Legal Aid.

 

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