Joseph Fabics
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[edit] Coverage in the Media
The way Joe Fabics sees it, he has the right to choose who lives under his roof with him. His choice: God-fearing Christians.
"It is a clear violation of state and federal housing laws to deny rentals to individuals of one religion or another, or to require that people be of a particular religion," Frank Vespa-Papaleo, director of New Jersey's Division on Civil Rights.
New Brunswick officials claim he has also been operating an illegal rooming house, and issued him a summons
Fabics is (also) violating housing discrimination laws by asking tenants in his New Brunswick house to sign leases with phrases such as, "This is a Christian household" and "If you hate God, do not move in."
ASSOCIATED PRESS: Sunday, July 23, 2006
AG Rabner Announces Finding of Probable Cause in Case of Religious Reference in Housing Ads
"It is illegal under the law to advertise real estate – and to sell or rent real estate -- in a way that discriminates against people on the basis of creed, which includes religious beliefs as well as those who are agnostic or atheist," Frank Vespa-Papaleo, director of New Jersey's Division on Civil Rights.
(The) Director charged that Fabics’ standard lease agreement violated the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD) by containing discriminatory religious clauses, and that Fabics violated the LAD by placing his "Christian household" rental ads on Internet websites.
A Former tenant charged that he was forced to vacate the room he rented from Fabics because of religion-based harassment.
Office of The Attorney General: January 12, 2007...[1]
