Someone explained to me a while ago, in New York State, it was illegal to discriminate on race, color, religion, sex, etc. for renting out apartments in 3+ unit dwellings.
As an owner of a single home, renting out the upstairs apartment, it was supposedly perfectly OK to discriminate based on those things.
I never dug into this, but if it is true, the question is: "Should Facebook ad tools facilitate such discrimination, even if it is not forbidden by law?".
It's this federal law the Fair Housing Act, not state law, that has an exception for smaller properties where the owner lives (New York may further extend federal protections). The exception only allows discrimination in not allowing someone to live there, it's still illegal to advertise in a discriminatory way.
As an owner of a single home, renting out the upstairs apartment, it was supposedly perfectly OK to discriminate based on those things.
I never dug into this, but if it is true, the question is: "Should Facebook ad tools facilitate such discrimination, even if it is not forbidden by law?".