Woman selling her Sacramento home refuses to let a Trump supporter move in

A woman selling a Sacramento home that's been in her family for decades says she's not about to pass it on to just anyone; the buyer will have to possess a certain political disposition.

As CBS Sacramento reports, the woman, who was not identified, is refusing to sell the house to anyone who voted for Donald Trump.

"I told her [the realtor] that I didn't want her to sell it to a Trump supporter," she said to CBS 13 in the video above. "When you're talking about principles, morals, and ethics, it's very, very deep."

There is, however, a respite for such prospective conservative home buyers: The woman's efforts to sell only to those aligning with her politics may not be totally legal.

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Political affiliation isn't one of the protected classes designated by the Fair Housing Act — which deems religion, sex, race, and national origin, among other things as protected — but at least one lawyer believes the requirement infringes on a potential buyer's first amendment rights.

"People have a right to believe what they want to believe and they shouldn't be restricted from purchasing property based on that," lawyer Allen Sawyer told the news organization.

This isn't the first time a seller or landlord refused to do business with those with different political positions. In 2016, a Colorado landlord placed an ad that called only for prospective tenants who do not support Trump.

Prior to that, in 2015, a Florida gun store owner was sued after advertising his store as a "Muslim-free" zone. That case was tossed out after the judge determined that "nobody from (the Council on American-Islamic Relations) actually went and got service denied."

Alyssa Pereira is an SFGATE staff writer. Email her at apereira@sfchronicle.com or find her on Twitter at @alyspereira.

