Bad experience in West Pittston PA (Scranton, York: crimes, universities, vacation)

[Magritte25]

VB,

I am confident in my knowledge of discrimination law. Period.

[LNTT_Vacationer]

My take, once a broker is involved in selling a private home all FHA non-discrimination laws apply. That said, I don't see anything wrt the OP's experience that suggests they were discriminated against due to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status or handicap.

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[varmintblaster]

There are no federal based restrictions on a single family dwelling.

Now, if there were any "perceived" violations against the Pa. Ethics Code, I would venture to bet that the broker would have refused to represent the seller to protect their license.

Since neither the broker or owner advertised that the seller was limiting the potential purchasers to factors based on any of the protected classes under the FHA guidelines, no harm, no foul.
The owner was intent on selling to "locals" which does not necessarily exclude any of the protected classes.

I'm surprised the the OP did not seek legal remedy for the undue harm based on her convuluted claims of discriminatory practices of the realtor,property owner, local Police dept and anti-Obamma reckless driver... LMAO..

[Magritte25]

Originally Posted by varmintblaster

you forgot to list the exclusions of the FHA laws...

I love how you purposely omit FACTS in an attempt to prevent yourself from looking foolish..

I will await your response in the West Pittston thread where you ADMIT THAT YOU ARE WRONG !!!

I am not wrong. You cannot, CANNOT discriminate for arbitrary reasons - country and/or state of origin is arbitrary. If a LL was sued for discrimination based on this, the prospective buyer/renter would win.

[sheena12]

Magritte is very well versed in housing laws as well as other issues.
I am not prepared to admit anything You should be horrified by what happened to us! YOU just don't get it at all.
If you really were so patriotic, you would find what happened to my family and me to be offensive.
You would defend my right to enter any state in the Union with out a passport or papers of any sort.
The Constitution does.
I was not applying for an FHA mortgage. I had the funds and pristine credit.
I am guessing that you are a fan a free enterprise, as am I.
I find it so hard to believe that anyone can celebrate vehicular menacing and discrimination and be proud of those facts.

[toobusytoday]

I've tried to edit this thread a little bit so as not to totally hi-jack it from Sheena's OP. My take is that both Magritte and Varmintblaster know their housing laws but are interpreting them differently. Here's the TOS tidbit that I think may be of help. //www.city-data.com/forumtos.html

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[varmintblaster]

Toobusytoday:

To meet your copyright requirement - here is a link with a short extract from the FHA Act, which includes the EXEMPTIONS that I noted earlier.

http://real-estate.lawyers.com/resid...d-Leasing.html

[varmintblaster]

Originally Posted by sheena12

Magritte is very well versed in housing laws as well as other issues.
I am not prepared to admit anything You should be horrified by what happened to us! YOU just don't get it at all.
If you really were so patriotic, you would find what happened to my family and me to be offensive.
You would defend my right to enter any state in the Union with out a passport or papers of any sort.
The Constitution does.
I was not applying for an FHA mortgage. I had the funds and pristine credit.
I am guessing that you are a fan a free enterprise, as am I.
I find it so hard to believe that anyone can celebrate vehicular menacing and discrimination and be proud of those facts.

Sheena - the fact that your post included a rant about the local cops driving by a couple of times (and your unsubstantiated assumption that a neighbor called them in response to your presense in the neighborhood) took away a great bit of credibility from the rest of your concerns.

I defend your right to travel between states in the Union, but that has absolutely nothing to do with real estate transactions or an isolated traffic incident.

Heck, I feel that my rights to unfretted travel are violated every time I get on the turnpike and travel to Phila, but I don't cry about it and bemoan everyone that lives in the area..

I am a fan of free enterprise, and the link I supplied to the FHA act list discriminatory practices and the EXEMPTIONS to which they do not apply.

Simply put, an owner of a single family dwelling has every right to limit potential purchasers to locals.

Just because I pointed out the LAW, does not mean I celebrate discrimination. The law is the law.

[LNTT_Vacationer]

Originally Posted by LNTT_Vacationer

My take, once a broker is involved in selling a private home all FHA non-discrimination laws apply. That said, I don't see anything wrt the OP's experience that suggests they were discriminated against due to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status or handicap.

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Nearly half the OP's post on her experience is given to presenting her belief that some driver cut her off due to Obama bumper stickers and how sad it was that the guy had two american flags on his pick-up. Fact is, putting political stickers on one's vehicle is going to draw a response from some yahoos; regardless of how offensive someone finds my tongue-in-cheek comment.

I read the entire thread from the first post and it was nothing but unsubstantiated mud thrown out toward the people of West Pittston based on a police car professionally checking on a parked out-of-town vehicle filled with occupants (who are a mixed religious background - for whatever purpose that was stated other than to further stoke and inflame), a seller who has a local buyer and one rude driver (and we really don't know who that was.)

Thank goodness in the US a private individual can still sell or transfer his personal, private property to whomever he desires and for whatever reason he chooses.

[jimazee]

My understanding is that a seller can refuse an offer simply because they 'changed their mind' or just 'don't feel good about it' or hundreds of other reasons. Just because they have listed the property they do not have to accept an offer, even if it is 'full price' with no contingencies.