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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's not offensive, you are just pissed that you can't afford a better house. Just because you don't have upward mobility (or want it) doesn't mean we have to erase a commonly used phrase from our vocabulary. Offensive would include verbiage that disparages a [b]protected class[/b]. You are just slightly less rich than someone else, that situation does not put you in a protected class, its just kind of unfortunate for you. [/quote] Hint: laws are not ethics. Besides which, the selling point that a home is a great starter home term is clearly designed to attract people who have greater expected lifetime incomes. I.e. people who a group which is overwhelmingly white. I'd also be willing to bet that the term is used primarily in neighborhoods that are either majority-white or rapidly gentrifying. So even if this might not be an open and shut legal case, it does seem to violate the spirit of the law.[/quote] You again? Stop pretending to know anything about the Fair Housing Act. Free speech is a beautiful thing. If a realtor knows enough about her market to conclude that calling a home a "starter home" will appeal to a broader pool of potential buyers, who are you to get bent out of shape? [/quote]
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