Consumption and Real Estate
Do senior housing communities discriminate?
Question : Do senior housing communities discriminate?
Many senior communities restrict ownership or renting to people who are 62 and older. The Older Americans Act protects people age 50 and older against discrimination and the Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination. So what allows these senior communities to prohibit selling/renting to someone younger than 62?
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Best answer:
Answer by Glenn S
The law, federal and state, allow for senior citizen designated communities to restrict due to age only. Still they can’t discriminate do to race, national origin, religion, sex, marital status, color, and ancestry.
Federal housing law concerning “senior persons” falls under the Federal Fair Housing Act (Title VIII). Also in my state the “Unruh Act” section 12900 which is much stricter than federal law.
Federal law. They are exempt if they qualify as senior housing, they have to provide services directed spefically to the seniors in the community. 55 is the more common age limit though, not 62