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Housing Discrimination - Fair Housing

The Fair Housing Act safeguards people from discrimination when they are renting or buying a home, getting a mortgage, seeking housing help, or participating in other housing-related activities.

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If you need to send a complaint about an infraction of your housing rights, fill out the Housing Discrimination Inquiry Form.

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We supply trainings for housing service providers, residential or commercial property management and those included in housing services.

Our trainings are readily available essentially and in-person. Complete the Request Form online or contact the training group at [email protected].

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Join us on every very first and 3rd Tuesday from 10:00 - 11:00 (CST) where we discuss Fair Housing and Housing Accommodations. This is a totally free webinar for those thinking about their rights or those that handle or own residential or commercial properties.

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Fair Housing Information

Find information listed below on who and what is covered under the law.

The Fair Housing Act forbids discrimination in housing since of:

- Race.

- Color.

- National Origin.

- Religion.

- Sex.

- Familial Status.

- Disability.


What Is Prohibited?

In the Sale and Rental of Housing:

It is unlawful discrimination to take any of the following actions due to the fact that of race, color, faith, sex, special needs, familial status, or nationwide origin:

- Refuse to lease or sell housing.

- Refuse to work out for housing.

- Otherwise make housing not available.

- Set different terms, conditions or benefits for sale or rental of a dwelling.

- Provide a person different housing services or facilities.

- Falsely deny that housing is readily available for inspection, sale or rental.

- Make, print or publish any notification, declaration or ad with regard to the sale or rental of a dwelling that indicates any choice, constraint or discrimination.

- Impose different list prices or rental charges for the sale or rental of a residence.

- Use various certification requirements or applications, or sale or rental requirements or procedures, such as income requirements, application requirements, application fees, credit analyses, sale or rental approval procedures or other requirements.

- Evict a renter or a tenant's guest.

- Harass a person.

- Fail or delay efficiency of maintenance or repair work.

- Limit privileges, services or facilities of a home.

- Discourage the purchase or rental of a house.

- Assign a person to a particular building or area or area of a building or community.

- For earnings, encourage, or attempt to convince, house owners to offer their homes by recommending that individuals of a particular protected attribute will move into the area (blockbusting).

- Refuse to provide or discriminate in the terms or conditions of homeowners insurance coverage due to the fact that of the race, color, religious beliefs, sex, impairment, familial status, or national origin of the owner and/or occupants of a residence.

- Deny access to or subscription in any multiple listing service or realty brokers' organization.


In Mortgage Lending:

It is prohibited discrimination to take any of the following actions based on race, color, religious beliefs, sex, special needs, familial status, or national origin:

- Refuse to make a mortgage loan or supply other financial help for a residence.

- Refuse to offer info relating to loans.

- Impose various terms or conditions on a loan, such as different rate of interest, points, or fees.

- Discriminate in appraising a dwelling.

- Condition the availability of a loan on a person's reaction to harassment.

- Refuse to buy a loan.


Harassment:

The Fair Housing Act makes it unlawful to pester individuals because of race, color, religious beliefs, sex, impairment, familial status, or national origin. Among other things, this forbids sexual harassment.

Retaliation and Other Prohibitions:

It is illegal discrimination to:

- Threaten, coerce, daunt or interfere with anyone exercising a fair housing right or assisting others who work out the right.

- Retaliate against a person who has submitted a fair housing complaint or assisted in a fair housing investigation.


Reasonable Accommodations and Reasonable Modifications

Under the Fair Housing Acts a reasonable accommodation is a change, exception, or adjustment to a guideline, policy, practice, or service. The Fair Housing Act makes it unlawful to refuse to clear up lodgings to guidelines, policies, practices, or services when such accommodations may be needed to pay for persons with disabilities a level playing field to use and delight in a dwelling and public and typical use areas.

In addition, the Fair Housing Act forbids a housing supplier from refusing to allow, at the cost of the individual with a disability, reasonable adjustments of existing premises occupied or to be occupied by such person if such modifications might be necessary to pay for such individual full pleasure of the premises.

What is Needed for a Complaint

To send a housing discrimination complaint these requirements should be fulfilled:

- The residential or commercial property needs to be within the state of Texas.

- The residential or commercial property owner, in many cases, must have more than 3 residential or commercial properties. This does not consist of multi-family houses.