1/11 A three-year Newsday investigation uncovered evidence of unequal treatment by real estate agents on Long Island. #LIDivided nwsdy.li/2rVL1ik
2/11 We sent 25 white, black, Hispanic and Asian testers house-hunting on the Island.
3/11 In nearly a quarter of the tests, agents directed whites and minorities into different communities. #HouseHuntingWhileBlack #HouseHuntingWhileHispanic #HouseHuntingWhileAsian
4/11 Agents refused to provide house listings or tours to minority testers unless they met financial qualifications – which were not imposed on their white counterparts. “I won’t do it,” one agent said.
5/11 “This is something that didn’t happen in the deep South,” a professor of public policy at George Washington University said. “It happened in one of the most educated, most liberal regions of the country. These are significant numbers.”
6/11 Evidence of unequal treatment was found 49% of the time against blacks. “They make you feel like they are treating you like everybody else. But once you see the other side, you realize that you aren’t treated that well,” a black tester said. nwsdy.li/33XZqJ3
7/11 Evidence of unequal treatment was found 39% of the time against Hispanics. “I remember all sorts of people saying, well, we’re post racial, we voted a black president. No, we’re not. Obviously, we are not,” a Hispanic tester said. nwsdy.li/37iCaHy
8/11 Evidence of unequal treatment was found 19% of the time against Asians. “You know you read about these things, you never think they would happen to you,” an Asian tester said. nwsdy.li/33YdXED
9/11 “What I am surprised at is the sheer discrepancy between the two of us … This was pretty extreme,” a white tester said after an agent directed her away from Freeport but suggested it for a black tester. nwsdy.li/2qonE0o
10/11 Watch hidden camera footage, read about each test and find out how the testers felt once they saw what had happened to them. nwsdy.li/35eISwA
11/11 Do you think you’ve experienced unequal treatment while house hunting on Long Island? Share your story by using #LIDivided #HouseHuntingWhileBlack #HouseHuntingWhileHispanic #HouseHuntingWhileAsian nwsdy.li/3309kZ4
