The City of St. Louis has a fair housing ordinance that protects marital status. We will see. We believe so. A South St. Louis County landlord refused to rent to an applicant where he learned that her boyfriend was African American. A St. Louis City landlord refuses to accept applicants with a disability income.
Housing discrimination is a local issue.
Fair housing enforcement and education can only work locally. As a local organization accountable to our community, EHOC is aggressively addressing fair housing issues by every means possible - from education to litigation. We hope that next year we can report that metro St. Louis has had fewer incidents of housing discrimination. But we believe that will not happen until the entire community gets angry and works with us to eradicate housing discrimination. Metropolitan St. Louis Equal Housing Opportunity Council 1027 South Vandeventer Avenue, Fourth Floor St.