By Andrew Batt:
There was an explosion of interest in one Brisbane apartment block last week after it was featured on a current affairs television programme, highlighting rules which prevent families with children and pregnant women from living there.
The heritage-listed Glenfalloch building in Brisbane’s New Farm area is populated entirely by young urban professionals and retirees, and there was both shock and horror after their airing of the television programme with lawyers saying that the restrictions were both discriminatory and illegal.
Glenfalloch is a company title building and potential inhabitants need to pass an interview with a committee who will determine whether you’re a suitable inhabitant. This is how, apparently, Australia’s discrimination laws are possibly being circumvented.
Aussie netizens seem to be split on whether this is a good thing. Some have suggested they would pay a premium to live in a complex with no children, while others cite human rights and the right to live where you want.
Local media appears divided. Is it illegal? Is it discriminatory? One person quoted on the programme said the legality hadn’t been established because nobody had challenged it.
Full story: http://news.domain.com.au/domain/real-estate-news/is-a-ban-on-kids-such-a-bad-thing-20130520-2jw0k.html
Andrew Batt, International Group Editor of PropertyGuru, wrote this story. To contact him about this or other stories email andrew@propertyguru.com.sg
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