Placebobutton asks whether estate agents and landlords who decline to let properties to benefit claimants ("No DSS" – for those of you who don't go back as far as I do, the DSS used to be what is now the Benefits Agency), students or people with pets are indirectly discriminating on the grounds of age or disability.
Another possibility doing the rounds is a coalition of the SNS and SPS with the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS), led by Vojislav Kostunica, a former prime minister.
He split with Djindjić in 1992, however, to form the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS).
They offer a good mix of basic (700 commentaries on famous art works, an easy-to-check map) and more advanced technology (3D models of sculptures) and the little black boxes, which hang from straps around visitors' necks are sturdy, as parents across the world – who will no doubt have seen their offspring' DSs bounce down stairs – can attest.
And sadly, they are setting a trend for the wider public: adverts with "no DSS" on spareroom.com suggest that even fellow renters are also anxious to avoid living with housemates on housing benefit – even though a sudden illness or a job loss could leave any one of us needing housing benefit to stay off the streets.
A cursory glance in a few letting agents' windows reveals "no DSS" signs readily displayed alongside bans on children and pets.
A chancer hires out crutches and hospital beds by the hour outside the dole office, to people defrauding the DSS.
The CAB team found that many adverts simply stated "No DSS" (an interesting anachronism as the Department for Social Security, to which it refers, was abolished 11 years ago and replaced by the Department for Work and Pensions).
Although there have long been landlords who would not let homes to people on benefits, with "No DSS" not an uncommon feature of letting agents' adverts, there are signs that choice is becoming more limited for those who claim help with their rent.
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is designed to protect financial data, but as the TalkTalk scandal unfortunately shows, cyber criminals may be trying to get their hands on your bank account details through other personal information.
It's not clear whether stating "no DSS" necessarily breaks any laws, incidentally (for discussion see posts here and here).
