<p>I would just note that a landlord may even be able to discriminate against protected classes if the landlord lives in the building (especially if it is a duplex, or a room in the landlord’s house).</p>
<p>UGs are not allowed in some places that are primarily rented to Grad. students, faculty,…etc. I do not know if it is leagal or not, but Grad. studnets need to live somewhere also and definitely NOT in the same building with UGs. So, somebody has to protect their rights to have a shelter and ability to study in this shelter. I am very happy that some landers understand this. Again, I am talking about apartments primarily rent to students.</p>
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<p>But they are not really discriminating on the basis of being an undergrad, because they would lease to 30-something people in school, most likely. Therefore the discrimination is based on age.</p>
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<p>If the landlord could show they rented to young twenty somethings who were not students, but working Joes (who might project an image of being self supporting= not living off parents’ largesse which might translate into deeper respect for others’ property), there would be no basis for an age discrimination complaint.</p>
<p>You never answered sylvan’s question:</p>
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<p>D1 is looking for housing which caters primarily to other grad students. I believe this largely happens at this college by self segregation rather than by landlord edict, however.</p>
<p>"But they are not really discriminating on the basis of being an undergrad, because they would lease to 30-something people in school, most likely. Therefore the discrimination is based on age. "</p>
<p>-Very incorrect conclusion. There are 30-something in both UG and Grad. 30-something are not majority in Grad. school. Not at all. I would estimate that 22-25 is majority with very few below and few above this range.<br>
However, this is definitely “behavioral” discrimination. UGs of any age that are not married/working tend to have much more parties and tend to be much more loud as they have incredibly much more time. And this is the fact, I do not care if there is a stupid study that supports it or supports opposite. I have been at both places, there is no comparison and everybody knows that. Thank goodness that there are landlords who realize that in addition to being tortured by incredible amount and difficulties of material that Grad. students have to absorb in very short period of time, they should not be bothered dealing with obnoxious (understandably so) behavior of UGs. There is nothing wrong with UGs, they really should have more parties and be loud and feel free. It is their time to be so, they just got out of parents’ supervision, they are making new friends and should be allowed to have fun.<br>
Landlords who do not recognize this fact and mix them with Grad. students who are at very different stage in their lives are not providing good service for any group.
C’mon, even in UGs, upper classmen most of the time are trying to live separate form others and it is supported by official policies of most UG colleges.</p>
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<p>Generalize much? I certainly wasn’t like that as an undergrad…and most undergrads at my LAC tended to be very respectful in terms of noise/consideration for neighbors. </p>
<p>Moreover, being loud and holding lots of parties isn’t limited exclusively to traditionally-aged undergrads. Saw plenty of working professionals who were holding regular loud parties to the consternation of neighbors. </p>
<p>My own co-op and a few neighboring condos/co-ops in the recent past have tossed out loud party-hearty type owners who were much older…including a group of 50-somethings involved in Theater and some senior finance execs whose parties were so loud and obnoxious that cops had to be called in at 3 am to break them up/quiet them down/move stretch limo obstructing traffic on our small street…in NYC.</p>
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<p>Depends on the college and the prevailing student culture. While my undergrad did have a freshman dorm…most freshmen opted to dorm with upperclassmen without issues.</p>