Word: landlordism
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...agent or landlord refuses to discuss the matter, the housing aide advises the applicant to file a complaint with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination. The MCAD may then decide to issue a cease and desist order...
...Negro is turned down by the landlord, the FHF then assigns a "tester" to apply for the same house or apartment...
Should the tester be accepted by the landlord, there are grounds to suspect discrimination, Susan B. Schwartz '64, a founder of the CRCC said. The facts are then presented to the landlord or real estate agent and the Negro family, with the help of the housing aide, explains the law and offers to negotiate. Often the proposal is accepted, Miss Schwartz noted...
Nearby, the People's Liberation Army's Comrades-in-Arms Cultural Troupe was performing "Steeled in Battles." This three-act play tells "how three generations of a poor peasant family oppose landlord oppression. Finally, led by the Communist Party, they find their road to liberation...
...landlord, lordly so long, is getting into trouble. In New York City, the ads for new apartments trumpet "Rent Concessions-Of Course" and "Move in November, 1962-Rent Starts February, 1963." One Chicago builder, worried about filling his newest. 39-story lakeside building, is offering such extras as a babysitting service, three restaurants, a health club and free limousine rides to the Loop on wintery mornings. Not every U.S. tenant has it so good (rents remain firm in such cities as Atlanta and San Francisco), but rents are easing in many areas because so many new apartments are rising...