Quote Originally Posted by jmwintenn
Quote Originally Posted by glenski
Quote Originally Posted by jmwintenn
Housing. Agencies, banks, and people have the right to turn you away for any reason they want to.
Not legally they don't.
Really? A privately owned business doesn't have the right to turn anyone they think won't/can't make the payments away? That's the arguement I'm sure they use, or something similar, and it'll probably hold.
I'm not too familiar with Japanese law on this matter, but then again neither are you. I can say that at least in the USA it is illegal to turn away a customer/refuse to sell them real estate based on their race. I would suppose that similar laws exist in Japan.
Can people come up with ways to get away with it in court? Yes. But people get away with a lot of things in court. That doesn't mean it's not illegal.
And I'll bet that no matter what, no judge would accept "because he was a foregner" as an excuse.