Seattle Starts First One to Rent to Law

[Justin B.]

Good luck if you are a landlord in Seattle!

http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/03/se...

"With a heavy-handed new law that is the first of its kind in the nation, Seattle has set its regulatory crosshairs on landlords, attempting to police their inner thoughts and eliminate the possibility that their decisions could be motivated by "implicit" or unintended bias.

Known as the "first in time" rule, the mandate forces landlords to rent to the first qualified applicant, rather than choosing the best fit from among prospective tenants.

Sponsors contended that this unprecedented restriction is needed because traditional anti-discrimination laws do not protect against unconscious prejudices. Landlords, it was alleged, can't be trusted to make decisions based on their "gut instincts," because there's no way to know whether those instincts are "pure." The only solution is to take away their right to make discretionary decisions altogether – including decisions based on rational, nondiscriminatory considerations."

[Robert Gilstrap]

@Thomas Mattausch  Newsflash; it's 2017 not 1959. What racial discrimination exists in Seattle housing laws today? List them out specifically please.

@Patrick M. so how do handle 2 equally qualified applicants but one that is more advantageous to the owner?  For instance one has pets one does not. Owner allows pets but doesn't prefer them. Or one wants to move in within 3 days and one wants to move in within 4 days but both are qualified?

@Troy Fisher The city is not forcing you to raise your standards they are forcing their beliefs, biases and prejudices on you and your business, restricting your free trade and imposing arbitrary limits.  

What needs to happen is for landlords to band together and file suit against the city to prevent this over reach. Sadly, most of the sheeple will just take it and continue to allow the slow erosion of their rights.