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Jun 27
2008

Facebook and Fair Housing

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Posted by: Brent Williams on Jun 27, 2008 01:00

Tagged in: Fair Housing , Facebook

Many of you reading this blog have taken the right move and started up a MySpace page to reach your prospects and residents in new and dynamic ways. Some of you have done the same on Facebook, and even have created a group on Facebook.

 

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I just read news, however, that might make that a little more sticky. Apparently, Facebook is soon going to require users to enter "male" or "female" in the profile in order to ensure proper grammar in their website. (http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/5860088.html) Completely understandable, in my opinion, but of course this definitely brings up questions about community groups and potential Fair Housing issues. I am no Fair Housing expert, but it makes me a little nervous given the recent Roommates.com debacle. I'll leave you all to make your own judgments on this.


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