00:00NGO Architects of Diversity has doubled down on its criticism of iBilet after the Room for Rent
00:07Listings Agency said its race preference feature was meant to ease the search process and ensure
00:12compatibility in shared living situations. AOD Executive Director Jason Weiss said excluding
00:19someone by race is discrimination because landlords are making blanket judgments based
00:24on racial generalizations rather than assessing individuals. He said calling it compatibility or
00:30living requirements does not change the nature of discrimination and described the issue as racial
00:36exclusion of a minority group at scale. Weiss cited data showing 31.7% of more than 35,000 iBilet
00:44listings excluding Indian tenants compared with 7.6% excluding Malays and 3.9% excluding Chinese.
00:52Yesterday, iBilet said the feature was introduced to help with shared living compatibility and denied
00:58supporting racial discrimination, saying living requirements matter in Malaysia's multiracial and
01:03multicultural society. However, AOD's analysis of 35,367 listings found 42.8% excluded at least one
01:13racial group, with WE adding that other platforms like Property Guru, iProperty, Speedhome, and Mudah.my
01:19do not provide a built-in race exclusion function.
01:23Donish Rajariza, FMT
Comments