Accommodation discrimination: Does racism in Tallinn rental market exist?

''Is Estonia racist?'' is a question which has been repeatedly raised on expat online forums recently, with claims arising that this is indeed the case in the apartment rental market and expats living in Estonia often reporting getting rejected by a potential landlord/lady. Furthermore, those commenting sometimes state their belief that this is due to the colour of their skin. Published pieces so far examining the phenomenon tend to be culled from the comments segments of social media pages, notorious for generating more heat than light, and often rely on anecdotal evidence. So how do we go about sifting the facts from the feelings?