Alexi Mko's bar, the Alibi Lounge, is the first black and gay-owned bs Harlem, for which he has had to make creative and paful choic to keep afloat durg the panmic. To renew his lease, he mt now e up wh $15,000 by the end of the month. Mko’s landlord, Mordy Getz says, "Everyone lov black and whe: good tenant, bad landlord, [but] that’s not how life is." The grandson of Holot survivors, Getz paid for several months of Mko's back rent already and spe havg had a tough year himself, has disunted the rent by 30%. "A landlord don't want to be harsh on his tenants, but he has obligatns terms of the bank, and terms of utili and tax, [and] if those don’t get paid the land’s gog to end up foreclosure." He wants the lounge to succeed bee he wants those who are treated like outsirs to have a space to feel safe. Together, landlord and tenant have created a GoFundMe and a plan for how to get the bs back on track. Read more here.
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- HASIDIC LANDLORD HELPS FIRST BLACK AND GAY-OWNED BS HARLEM WH BACK RENT
- HOW TO DEFE A FAY: GAY TENANT FIGHTS EVICTN
- LANDLORD HARASSED GAY TENANT
- ATTUS OF PROPERTY OWNERS TOWARDS A GAY LSEE JAPAN 2018, BY AGE GROUP
- DOJ FIL LAWSU AGAST WISNS RENTAL PROPERTY, ALLEG DISCRIMATN OF GAY TENANT
HASIDIC LANDLORD HELPS FIRST BLACK AND GAY-OWNED BS HARLEM WH BACK RENT
The Department of Jtice says the tenant suffered physil and verbal harassment for beg a gay man wh a disabily. * gay tenant *
Members of the LGBTQ (Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer) muny often have trouble fdg the right rental un. A gay uple is g the muny pool at the apartment plex they live . A gay man tryg to rent an apartment gets nied.
HOW TO DEFE A FAY: GAY TENANT FIGHTS EVICTN
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Has a page that lets you look for gay-iendly rental uns your area.
Department of Jtice has filed a lawsu accg a Milwkee property manager of discrimatg agast a gay tenant wh a disabily by makg sexually harassg, homophobic ments and su, filed Friday U.
LANDLORD HARASSED GAY TENANT
The tenant qutn is a gay man who has bipolar disorr, post-trmatic strs disorr, prsn, and anxiety. He receiv Social Secury disabily he applied to rent a un, he told Parker he was gay and had a disabily, and Parker said those factors would be no problem, acrdg to the su. The gay man, who also disclosed that he was a survivor of sexual asslt and rape, moved to the property April 2019.
ATTUS OF PROPERTY OWNERS TOWARDS A GAY LSEE JAPAN 2018, BY AGE GROUP
The tenant moved out July September 2020, the gay man filed a hog discrimatn plat wh the U.
DOJ FIL LAWSU AGAST WISNS RENTAL PROPERTY, ALLEG DISCRIMATN OF GAY TENANT
Sexual orientatn refers to an dividual’s heterosexualy, homosexualy, or bisexualy. Beg told that all tenants habg mt be related by blood or marriage – and that the landlord don’t regnize domtic partnerships or ‘gay marriag.