Housing discrimination persists in New York, non-profit says

Housing discrimination continues in New York City, even 40 years after the federal Fair Housing Act was passed, according to the Fair Housing Justice Center, a New York City-based fair housing non-profit organization. The center’s executive director, Diane Houk, said city officials have not done enough to monitor compliance with fair housing laws in Internet advertisements. Since 2005, the center has received about 400 housing discrimination complaints, mostly alleging discrimination because of a person’s disability or source of income. Nationwide, 2008 saw nearly 31,000 housing discrimination complaints, a 3,735-complaint increase from 2007.