ban against African tenants

PETALING JAYA, Aug 26 African tenants at a Bandar Sri Subang condominium here have three months to vacate their units after the buildings management slapped an unprecedented occupancy ban on them last week. The decision came after the majority of Ridzuan Condominium residents voted in an annual general meeting (AGM) held on July 6 against renting their units to foreigners from the continent, whom they allege to have caused a lot of nuisance. The Malay Mail Online sighted a copy of the memo circulated to Ridzuan residents explaining the ban, which has also been making the rounds online through Facebook. We refer to the above matter without prejudice and without malice, the memo dated August 19 started. As a result of the decision held in the AGM on 6th July 2013, the majority of the residents voted in the AGM to not letting their units for rental to Africans any more. According to the memo, the presence of Africans has created a lot of nuisance and problems to the community, which in turn has driven down the property value of units there. It further asserts that owners have found it difficult to rent out or sell their units to other prospective customers due to the alleged situation. It was also resolved during the AGM that any resident who has an African tenant is to cancel the rental and to vacate them from their units within three (3) months from the date of this letter, it added.

so I'm going to guess that they don't have some kind of anti-descrimination laws?

Their property, their business. They are assholes, but whatev.

It is interetsing how being black drives down property values.

I actually have a roommate from Africa. And yes, heinvite several others to live with us, even though they aren't under the lease. They play loud music way into the night. I've had up to 8 people sleeping on the floor/couches in a 2 bdm apt. Really it's a huge problem, especially when your buying supplies meant only for you. I don't mind sharing with one other person, but not 3-4 others. Landlord does jack **** about it too. I can see why, there is a REASON.bobaban

That's a horrible idea

[QUOTE="bobaban"]I actually have a roommate from Africa. And yes, heinvite several others to live with us, even though they aren't under the lease. They play loud music way into the night. I've had up to 8 people sleeping on the floor/couches in a 2 bdm apt. Really it's a huge problem, especially when your buying supplies meant only for you. I don't mind sharing with one other person, but not 3-4 others. Landlord does jack **** about it too. I can see why, there is a REASON.lostrib

That's a horrible idea

[QUOTE="bobaban"]

I actually have a roommate from Africa. And yes, he invites several others to live with us, even though they aren't under the lease. They play loud music way into the night. I've had up to 8 people sleeping on the floor/couches in a 2 bdm apt. Really it's a huge problem, especially when you're buying supplies meant only for you. I don't mind sharing with one other person, but not 3-4 others. Landlord does jack **** about it too. I can see why, there is a REASON.

 

Obviously it's not going to be every African doing this, but this experience has soured me and I made sure therer was no black roommates in the place I'm getting in Sept.

Capitan_Kid

there are legit arguments for this, sadly.

fortunately arguments against it tend to outweigh.

It is interetsing how being black drives down property values.

MakeMeaSammitch

It is interetsing how being black drives down property values.

MakeMeaSammitch

[QUOTE="Capitan_Kid"][QUOTE="bobaban"]

I actually have a roommate from Africa. And yes, he invites several others to live with us, even though they aren't under the lease. They play loud music way into the night. I've had up to 8 people sleeping on the floor/couches in a 2 bdm apt. Really it's a huge problem, especially when you're buying supplies meant only for you. I don't mind sharing with one other person, but not 3-4 others. Landlord does jack **** about it too. I can see why, there is a REASON.

 

Obviously it's not going to be every African doing this, but this experience has soured me and I made sure therer was no black roommates in the place I'm getting in Sept.

bobaban

Well i actually happen to be African (and black) and I hate loud music, I generally prefer my own company, and I dont enjoy having people over all the time. In fact more often than not, its my roommates having parties and people over, but I dont complain because I respect the right for my roommate to have people over since he is paying part of the rent, and I learned a long time ago how to ignore distracting noises and concentrate on the work at hand. Basically what I'm trying to get at is that its pretty ignorant for you to classify an entire race based on your experience with a single African person. There are good Africans just like there are bad Africans. There are good white people just as there are bad white people. Being a decent human being has nothing to do with race.

[QUOTE="MakeMeaSammitch"]

It is interetsing how being black drives down property values.

chrisrooR

[QUOTE="bobaban"][QUOTE="Capitan_Kid"] Congrats on the new fvcked up philosophy. Avoiding having black roommates because of one african dude is pretty messed up. II_Seraphim_II

Well i actually happen to be African (and black) and I hate loud music, I generally prefer my own company, and I dont enjoy having people over all the time. In fact more often than not, its my roommates having parties and people over, but I dont complain because I respect the right for my roommate to have people over since he is paying part of the rent, and I learned a long time ago how to ignore distracting noises and concentrate on the work at hand. Basically what I'm trying to get at is that its pretty ignorant for you to classify an entire race based on your experience with a single African person. There are good Africans just like there are bad Africans. There are good white people just as there are bad white people. Being a decent human being has nothing to do with race.

To quote Jeor Mormont. "Your roof, your rules".

[QUOTE="II_Seraphim_II"]

[QUOTE="bobaban"]  Yeah I know, I hate that I think this way. But if you went through an entire year of this when you're trying to concentrate on school it's maddening. bobaban

Well i actually happen to be African (and black) and I hate loud music, I generally prefer my own company, and I dont enjoy having people over all the time. In fact more often than not, its my roommates having parties and people over, but I dont complain because I respect the right for my roommate to have people over since he is paying part of the rent, and I learned a long time ago how to ignore distracting noises and concentrate on the work at hand. Basically what I'm trying to get at is that its pretty ignorant for you to classify an entire race based on your experience with a single African person. There are good Africans just like there are bad Africans. There are good white people just as there are bad white people. Being a decent human being has nothing to do with race.

There is probably a culture divide there which might be the primary reason they are seen a nuisance. In college I had several Hispanic students on my floor. They never went to bed any earlier than about 2 in the morning. They would stay up in the hallways and talk, or leave doors open. They always took siestas in the middle of the day, something I couldn't afford to do and it was irritating trying to get sleep to be ready for class in the morning. While I never would have asked for them to be kicked out of the dorm it, there very much exist cultural differences that can seem bad to other people. Still not ground to kick out people because they are different culturally. ferrari2001

[QUOTE="ferrari2001"]There is probably a culture divide there which might be the primary reason they are seen a nuisance. In college I had several Hispanic students on my floor. They never went to bed any earlier than about 2 in the morning. They would stay up in the hallways and talk, or leave doors open. They always took siestas in the middle of the day, something I couldn't afford to do and it was irritating trying to get sleep to be ready for class in the morning. While I never would have asked for them to be kicked out of the dorm it, there very much exist cultural differences that can seem bad to other people. Still not ground to kick out people because they are different culturally. LJS9502_basic

[QUOTE="chrisrooR"][QUOTE="MakeMeaSammitch"]

It is interetsing how being black drives down property values.

Murderstyle75

Thats not right...So what about the respectful black tenants that follow the rules. They are kicked because of their skin color? Of 800 units there has to be quite a few of them. Thats bullshit

[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"][QUOTE="ferrari2001"]There is probably a culture divide there which might be the primary reason they are seen a nuisance. In college I had several Hispanic students on my floor. They never went to bed any earlier than about 2 in the morning. They would stay up in the hallways and talk, or leave doors open. They always took siestas in the middle of the day, something I couldn't afford to do and it was irritating trying to get sleep to be ready for class in the morning. While I never would have asked for them to be kicked out of the dorm it, there very much exist cultural differences that can seem bad to other people. Still not ground to kick out people because they are different culturally. ferrari2001

[QUOTE="chrisrooR"][QUOTE="MakeMeaSammitch"]

It is interetsing how being black drives down property values.

Murderstyle75

[QUOTE="Murderstyle75"][QUOTE="chrisrooR"] You're an ignorant racist asshole. There are plenty of wealthy black people whose very existence completely counters your point. Race doesn't have anything to do with it, social problems and poverty does. MakeMeaSammitch

whose alt?

[QUOTE="MakeMeaSammitch"]

[QUOTE="Murderstyle75"] Then explain to me how my neighborhood went from being a safe working class community to being a ghetto in under a decade. I'm sure ill be called a racist here but the next city over which borders my neighborhood is still a very nice place (Grosse Pointe Woods Michigan). Same houses built in the same era and everything. The only difference is, the neighborhood is white and their police force is known for profiling. This neighborhood only changed when the local news channel and paper blew up a huge story about Racial Profiling in Harper Woods Michigan. Now I'm stuck going bankrupt on an 80k mortgage for a house that is now worth under 20k. These were not 15 to 20k houses though when the black people started moving in. Now I know there is a lot of decent and wealthy black people but unfortunatly where i live, the bad outweighs the good. And its not completely a poverty thing because these houses were very much 80k to 100k when the color started to change.lostrib

whose alt?