So, the landlord said he wouldn't rent to me because I have a baby.
Interesting. Did you fill out an application?
No, of course not. He wouldn't give me one.
Hmmm. Well, according to this memo written in crayon from someone who used to work at the Justice Department, if you didn't fill out an application, you don't have a case.
What?!
Plus, I heard about this case in a county court in Alaska that said babies don't count as children.
So tell me again why we're standing outside. I wanna watch American Idol.
Remember when we told that colored guy who asked about the "For Rent" sign out front that "it would be a cold day in hell before we rent to black people?" He filed a HUD Complaint against us.
Yeah, so?
Well, HUD has a rule that states if the Respondent cannot be located within ten minutes after a Complaint is handed to the investigator, the Complaint must be dismissed.
But our apartment building is right over there, and the HUD office is across the street.
That's OK, they don't look too hard. Besides, the ten-minute time limit usually expires before the investigator can figure out how to hole-punch the Complaint.
What would you think if I told you the federal agency responsible for enforcing housing discrmination laws published a pamphlet making fun of the way some African Americans speak?
I'd say, you're a goddamn nut!
Well, check out this HUD pamphlet in "Creole," which includes little gems like "Yuh as a rezedent, ave di rights ahn di rispansibilities to elp mek yuh HUD-asisted owzing ah behta owme."
And... "Dis is a brochure distributed to yuh cawze Hud ah provide some fawm ahf asistance aur subsidy fi di whole apawtment buildin."
HUD said that the pamphlet was a prank carried out by "someone," but that the pamphlet was not HUD-approved. Still, more than 2,000 copies were made and distributed.
I still say, you're a goddamn nut! But, I looked at http://www.straightdope.com/columns/991112.html just for fun.
Did you know HUD just gave $100,000 to an organization whose executive director and his employee girlfriend once stole computers from a HUD field office?
Get out of town!
It's true. The girlfriend worked for HUD at the time. HUD didn't even prosecute.
Well, you know what THAT means, don't you?
Yep. As much as I hate to do it, if I want HUD funds next year, I'll have to rob Secretary Martinez at knifepoint.