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Bill to allow audio recordings in fair-housing tests advances after wide support from civil-rights groups
Summary
House Bill 392 would allow fair-housing testers to record conversations they are party to when the recording is relevant to enforcing fair-housing laws; advocates said recordings are often the best evidence, while housing-industry groups raised privacy and overreach concerns.
The House Judiciary Committee heard House Bill 392, which would let certified fair-housing testers make audio recordings of housing-provider interactions when the tester is a party to the conversation and the recording is relevant for enforcing federal, state or local fair-housing laws.
"In many cases, the recording of a fair housing test will be the best evidence admissible in court that discrimination is occurring," Jonathan Smith, chief of the Civil Rights Division at the Maryland Office of the Attorney General, told the…
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