Rental spaces barring certain races openly

[Indee]

I was hunting for condo units for rent and there was one agent who openly refused my profile saying "Owner prefers only Chinese Tenants".
I felt this was quite discriminating and shamelessly mentioned so openly.
Is there any forum where these incidents on rentals can be flagged ?

[smoulder]

Welcome to Singapore.

[Lisafuller]

Exactly, this is just how it is here.

[Lisafuller]

I was hunting for condo units for rent and there was one agent who openly refused my profile saying "Owner prefers only Chinese Tenants".
I felt this was quite discriminating and shamelessly mentioned so openly.
Is there any forum where these incidents on rentals can be flagged ?

Unfortunately many homeowners tend to prefer to rent to their own race which in a chinese majority country means this is a common preference.

[therat]

I was hunting for condo units for rent and there was one agent who openly refused my profile saying "Owner prefers only Chinese Tenants".
I felt this was quite discriminating and shamelessly mentioned so openly.
Is there any forum where these incidents on rentals can be flagged ?

Might be some bad experience that the owner had encounter when they rent to a particular race.

once bitten, twice shy

[therat]

I was hunting for condo units for rent and there was one agent who openly refused my profile saying "Owner prefers only Chinese Tenants".
I felt this was quite discriminating and shamelessly mentioned so openly.
Is there any forum where these incidents on rentals can be flagged ?

Unfortunately many homeowners tend to prefer to rent to their own race which in a chinese majority country means this is a common preference.

Not all Chinese will be prefer
when there are 2 groups - Malaysian Chinese and China Chinese.
Malaysian Chinese will be easy.

[smoulder]

I was hunting for condo units for rent and there was one agent who openly refused my profile saying "Owner prefers only Chinese Tenants".
I felt this was quite discriminating and shamelessly mentioned so openly.
Is there any forum where these incidents on rentals can be flagged ?

Might be some bad experience that the owner had encounter when they rent to a particular race.

once bitten, twice shy

Yes, because one person represents everyone from a race or ethnicity. If that was so, then they would definitely have to reject Chinese tenants as well because from what I've heard from landlords, they've seen some lousy Chinese (Malaysian and Taiwanese) tenants.

A typical excuse I've heard is rejecting Indians from India because they are perceived to be a certain way. Problem is that, I've also heard of local Indians being rejected.

My own experience - I've been rejected even with a Malaysian Chinese wife. When I meet some of these agents face to face, I've heard things like "good profile" which I take to mean that I don't look Indian so I'm OK. I've been here long enough to know exactly what the comment means.

The same shit heads will probably be moaning about being treated poorly in places like Australia.

[Lisafuller]

I was hunting for condo units for rent and there was one agent who openly refused my profile saying "Owner prefers only Chinese Tenants".
I felt this was quite discriminating and shamelessly mentioned so openly.
Is there any forum where these incidents on rentals can be flagged ?

Might be some bad experience that the owner had encounter when they rent to a particular race.

once bitten, twice shy

Still, to write off an entire race based off a one-off experience is absurd.

[Lisafuller]

I was hunting for condo units for rent and there was one agent who openly refused my profile saying "Owner prefers only Chinese Tenants".
I felt this was quite discriminating and shamelessly mentioned so openly.
Is there any forum where these incidents on rentals can be flagged ?

Unfortunately many homeowners tend to prefer to rent to their own race which in a chinese majority country means this is a common preference.

Not all Chinese will be prefer
when there are 2 groups - Malaysian Chinese and China Chinese.
Malaysian Chinese will be easy.

True, but at the end of the day most prefer local Chinese. Its all about stereotypes.

[Lisafuller]

I was hunting for condo units for rent and there was one agent who openly refused my profile saying "Owner prefers only Chinese Tenants".
I felt this was quite discriminating and shamelessly mentioned so openly.
Is there any forum where these incidents on rentals can be flagged ?

Might be some bad experience that the owner had encounter when they rent to a particular race.

once bitten, twice shy

Yes, because one person represents everyone from a race or ethnicity. If that was so, then they would definitely have to reject Chinese tenants as well because from what I've heard from landlords, they've seen some lousy Chinese (Malaysian and Taiwanese) tenants.

A typical excuse I've heard is rejecting Indians from India because they are perceived to be a certain way. Problem is that, I've also heard of local Indians being rejected.

My own experience - I've been rejected even with a Malaysian Chinese wife. When I meet some of these agents face to face, I've heard things like "good profile" which I take to mean that I don't look Indian so I'm OK. I've been here long enough to know exactly what the comment means.

The same shit heads will probably be moaning about being treated poorly in places like Australia.

Right, all based off of unfair, inaccurate stereotypes.

[tiktok]

I just saw an ad on . with "Chinese Race Only". I can't believe this is legal, let alone this kind of backwards third world mindset exists. It's sickening.

[tiktok]

And f*** this site too for censoring my post to remove the one site that's probably most useful for newcomers who want to avoid being screwed by greedy and incompetent property agents. Way to go, singaporeexpats.

[smoulder]

And f*** this site too for censoring my post to remove the one site that's probably most useful for newcomers who want to avoid being screwed by greedy and incompetent property agents. Way to go, singaporeexpats.

Seems to be a special filter they've created just for you

[sundaymorningstaple]

I see our resident troll crawled out from under his rock again. You would think that after almost three years of trolling here, he would understand that this side is hosted by a real estate company and just like car dealers, the Mercedes dealer isn't going to let a Kia salesman advertise Kias in the Mercedes showroom.

[tiktok]

No I hadn't noticed. They are doing a shite job of marketing themselves, an even worse job of hosting, but trigger happy with the censorship.

And if you think I was advertising that site you are delusional.