I wonder if the underlying problem is that it can set precedent against the entire business model of “child-free living complexes” and similar “retirement residences, non-paliative/long term care”. Both of those models, by design, restrict tenants based on age.
Before asking this next question, I’m in no way advocating for this. Why does a corporation get to benefit from these while a smaller or singular party cannot? Where do we draw the boundary or why do we maintain it? Is the problem because those in charge are benefiting from it via passive or direct investment?
If it’s not ok to discriminate against a family with children looking to rent a home, why can that same family not rent an apartment in a retirement complex or other style residence where non-retired adults without children live by design?
Adisaputri and Ralph filed a complaint with the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission in 2019 but say it got them nowhere, even though human rights commission documents submitted to CBC News by Ralph show that a director for the company, when speaking to an officer, admitted to having a no-children policy.
“They basically ignored us for two years,” he said. “And then at the end of the two years just went, ‘No.’”
Looks like there might be more going on here than backlogs (which are bad enough on their own).
The real villain here is the person who forced them to have children when they already could know the risks and challenges.
I never want to have kids, but this isn’t really a risk or challenge that is to be expected, especially because it’s illegal.
So entire society is the villain. Their parents are villains, grandparents, friends, government, they themselves.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
When Gianisa Adisaputri and Paul Ralph were searching for a place to live back in 2019, they thought they’d found the perfect spot.
But some advocates say the process to file a complaint against landlords for discriminating against those with children takes time and does little to help those with an urgent need to find housing.
Other provinces, meanwhile, have similar backlogs, with an average wait of almost 600 days in Ontario, and more than one year in British Columbia, just for a complaint to be screened.
After reading an article about the struggles single moms can face finding housing, Adisaputri and Ralph decided to share their story.
For Mallory Gunn, who ran into similar issues but declined to pursue a complaint, her urgent need to find housing eclipsed everything else.
In an email, the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission declined to comment on Adisaputri and Ralph’s case and the complaints process.
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So if someone rents out a room in their home they shouldn’t be able to deny you because you have kids… Rent control and tenancy rights are fine but a line needs to be drawn
