Comments on: Web 2.0 beware: Fair Housing Counsel of San Fernando Valley v. Roommate.com https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/05/web-20-beware-fair-housing-counsel-of-san-fernando-valley-v-roommatecom/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Mon, 21 May 2007 17:55:40 +0000 hourly 1 By: Deoxy https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/05/web-20-beware-fair-housing-counsel-of-san-fernando-valley-v-roommatecom/comment-page-1/#comment-7338 Mon, 21 May 2007 17:55:40 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4923#comment-7338 I’m with Volokh on this one – the “law” being violated is among the most clearly unConstitutional I’ve seen, which is saying quite a lot.

]]> By: Jake https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/05/web-20-beware-fair-housing-counsel-of-san-fernando-valley-v-roommatecom/comment-page-1/#comment-7337 Sun, 20 May 2007 21:35:41 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4923#comment-7337 Let me see if I get this straight. Roommate.com publishes online questionnaires about roommate preferences. Readers and users of the questionnaires and the data compiled therefrom may choose to discriminate against others, in violation of the Fair Housing Act. This in turn defeats Roommate’s claim of immunity under the CDA.

Heaven help the Census Bureau, should it distribute census questionnaires online.

]]> By: Justinian Lane https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/05/web-20-beware-fair-housing-counsel-of-san-fernando-valley-v-roommatecom/comment-page-1/#comment-7336 Sun, 20 May 2007 13:29:26 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4923#comment-7336 I knew you were allowed to discriminate in your choice of roommates. But I did not know you couldn’t advertise your preferences. In a word, that’s ridiculous.

As Volokh concludes, it’s not doing a minority any favors by allowing them to waste their time trying to rent from a person who won’t rent to minorities.

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