FIGHTING SECTION-8 DISCRIMINATION - THE FAIR HOUSING ACTS NEW FRONTIER

After showing a six-bedroom house in a middle-class, primarily white S omerville, Massachusetts neighborhood to a Section 8 subsidized family of eight, a landlord expresses concern that the house is not large en ough. He proceeds to show them a house that he thinks will be more acc eptable, This house, however, is in a primarily African American neigh borhood and has only four bedrooms. The landlord cannot explain why th is second, smaller house is more appropriate for the large family, He tells the Moving To Opportunity (''MTO'')(1) counselor assisting the S ection 8 tenants that he hates the Section 8 program and that her clie nts ''should go to where people accept Section 8.''(2)