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Equal
Housing Opportunity
Fair
housing laws in the United States and Canada were created to protect
the interests of homebuyers. The Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination
in housing because of religion, color, race, sex, disability, national
origin, and familial status in the following transactions:
- Refuse
to rent or sell housing
- Refuse
to negotiate for housing
- Make
housing unavailable
- Deny
a dwelling
- Set
different terms, conditions or privileges for sale or rental of
a dwelling
- Provide
different housing services or facilities
- Falsely
deny that housing is available for inspection, sale, or rental
- For
profit, persuade owners to sell or rent (blockbusting) or
- Deny
anyone access to or membership in a facility or service (such
as a multiple listing service) related to the sale or rental of
housing.
Real
Estate agents may not (or be directed to by the home seller) to
discriminate on the basis of religion, color, race, sex, disability,
national origin, and familial status.
If
you have been trying to buy or rent a home or apartment and you
believe your rights have been violated, you can file a fair housing
complaint.
There
are several ways to file a complaint:
- You
can call toll-free 1-800-669-9777. TTD 1-800-927-9275.
- You
can print out a form, complete it, and drop it off at your local
HUD office or mail it to:
- Office
of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Department of Housing
and Urban Development
- Room
5204 451 Seventh St. SW
- Washington,
DC 20410-2000
- You
can write HUD a letter with:
- Your
name and address
- The
name and address of the person your complaint is about
- The
address of the house or apartment you were trying to rent
or buy
- The
date when this incident occurred
- A
short description of what happened
- Then
mail it to the Fair Housing Hub closest to you:
To
view a Published HUD document on Fair Housing please view
this PDF file (approx 128 K, you can download Adobe®
Acrobat® Reader™ for free to view this file). You
may also visit the HUD web site at http://www.hud.gov/fhe/fhehous.html
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