The Federal Fair Housing Act describes these words as discriminatory. In addition there are often State, County, and City ordinances that further expand on this list. As a rule when marketing homes however......
DO NOT USE THESE WORDS!
Able Bodied
Adult
African
Age
Agile
AIDS
Alcoholic
American
Ancestry
Arab
Asian
Bachelor
Black
Blind
Board Approval
Boy
Buddhist
Catholic
Caucasian
Chicana
Chicano
Child
Chinese
Christian
Church
Citizen
Colored
Congregation
Couple
Cripple
Deaf
Disability
Disabled
Drinkers
Elderly
Employed
Empty Nesters
English
Ethnic
Exclusive
Executive (such as "large executive house"
Families
Family
Female
Filipino
Filippino
Foreign
Gay
Gender
GentlemanGirl
Golden Age
Grandmas House
Guy
Handicap ("not suitable for")
Healthy
Heterosexual
Hindu
Hispanic
HIV
Homosexual
Hungarian
Immigrant
Impaired
Independent Living
Indian
Integrated
Interracial
Irish
Italian
Jew
Job References
Kid
Lady
Latina
Latino
Lesbian
Male
Man
Marital Status
Married
Mature
Membership Approval
Men
Mentally
Mexican
Migrant
Minority
Mormon
Mosque
Muslim
Nationality
Negro
Newlyweds
No Children
No Play Area
Older Person
One Person
Oriental
Parish
Perfect for Two
Philipino
Philippino
Physically Fit (ideal for)
Polish
Prestigious
Private Community ("private community"-No; "private drive"-OK)
Professional
Protestant
Public Assistance
Puerto Rican
Race
Religion
Religious Landmarks(like near St. Mark's)
Restricted
Restriction
Retarded
Retired
Retirees
Saint
Seasonal Worker
Section 8
Senior
Sexual
Shrine
Single
Smoker
Social Security
Spanish
Straight
Student
Synagogue
Temple
Traditional
Two People
Unemployed
Walking (As in "Walking distance to school" This is discriminatory to handucapped individuals)
Wheelchair
White
Woman
Women
Working
Young
Youth
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