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Article

1 Mar 2009

Author:
Olivia Winslow, Newsday [USA]

Report: Housing discrimination on LI [Long Island, New York] 'routine practice'

In "Racial Equity Report Card: Fair Housing on Long Island," the Syosset advocacy group Education Research Advocacy Support to Eliminate Racism criticizes real estate brokers and federal, state and local government agencies, which the group says do not act aggressively on discrimination complaints or enforce fair housing laws...The new report says a different approach is needed with real estate professionals - more license revocations as well as more continuing education for them - who the report said were defendants in 73 percent of housing race discrimination complaints on Long Island from 2000 to 2007...In response, the 23,000-member Long Island Board of Realtors said it is "strongly committed to promoting the awareness of fair housing practice in all communities on Long Island and continues to educate its Realtor members and the public about the right to equal housing opportunities."