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Oran a Coun North Carolina - AIFCH _ 2007 <br />g ty~ <br />Comments regarding employment showed concerns in the number of service jobs and their <br />relative low wage. <br />• Few opportunities for Hispanics to be trained for jobs other than service and <br />construction. <br />• Lack of transportation in rural areas hampers job opportunities. <br />• Very low wages <br />• Few industrial jobs and no unions <br />• Of course there are, you can start at the University and the City's Public Works <br />Departments <br />• Summer employment for students (not enough jobs) <br />• More variation in employment opportunities <br />• Discrimination is now applied along class lines. <br />• Wages are not keeping up with the cost of living, housing, gas, etc. Working 2 and 3 jobs <br />to makes ends meet. <br />• Lack of opportunities for those who are disabled. <br />• Gap between management jobs and service jobs, making a very small middle-class <br />workforce. <br />• Three respondents simply said yes and one said no. <br />8.0 ADVERTISING <br />8.1 Statutes and Regulatory Language <br />In simple terms, the Fair Housing Amendments Act (FHAA) of 1988 prohibits discriminatory real <br />estate advertising (42 U.S.C. 3604). In Section 804, the FHAA specifically states that: <br />"it shall be unlawful to make, print, or publish, or cause to be made, printed or published any <br />notice, statement, or advertisement, with respect to the sale or rental of a dwelling that indicates <br />any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial <br />status, or national origin, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation, or <br />discrimination." <br />The law applies to magazine and newspaper classified and display advertising, inserts or any <br />other types of real estate advertising. It also applies to any type of advertising or written material <br />that a real estate business may distribute or use, such as brochures, direct mailings, radio or <br />television advertising, multiple listing services (MLS), posters, billboards, application forms or <br />other documents, signs or videos. <br />Congress included in the FHAA prohibitions against discrimination against persons with a <br />mental disability. It also prohibited discrimination against families with children. The provisions <br />of the act also establish stronger administrative enforcement mechanisms and provide for stiffer <br />penalties to expand coverage to include these specific classes in addition to those protected <br />classes initially covered. <br />25 <br />