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Housing Discrimination – Fair Housing

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

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If you require to submit a problem about an infraction of your housing rights, complete the Housing Discrimination Inquiry Form.

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Our trainings are readily available practically and in-person. Complete the Request Form online or contact the training group at CRDTraining@twc.texas.gov.

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Join us on every first and 3rd Tuesday from 10:00 – 11:00 (CST) where we talk about Fair Housing and Housing Accommodations. This is a complimentary webinar for those interested in 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 restricts discrimination in housing due to the fact that of:

– Race.

– Color.

– National Origin.

– Religion.

– Sex.

– Familial Status.

– Disability.

What Is Prohibited?

In the Sale and Rental of Housing:

It is illegal discrimination to take any of the following actions due to the fact that of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, or national origin:

– Refuse to rent or sell housing.

– Refuse to negotiate for housing.

– Otherwise make housing not available.

– Set different terms, conditions or privileges for sale or rental of a house.

– Provide a person various housing services or facilities.

– Falsely reject that housing is readily available for assessment, sale or rental.

– Make, print or release any notice, statement or ad with regard to the sale or leasing of a dwelling that suggests any preference, limitation or discrimination.

– Impose different prices or rental charges for the sale or leasing of a dwelling.

– Use various certification criteria or applications, or sale or rental requirements or procedures, such as earnings requirements, application requirements, application costs, credit analyses, sale or rental approval procedures or other requirements.

– Evict an occupant or a renter’s guest.

– Harass a person.

– Fail or hold-up performance of upkeep or repairs.

– Limit advantages, services or centers of a dwelling.

– Discourage the purchase or leasing of a house.

– Assign an individual to a specific building or area or section of a building or community.

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

– Refuse to offer or discriminate in the terms or conditions of property owners insurance because of the race, color, religious beliefs, sex, disability, familial status, or nationwide origin of the owner and/or occupants of a home.

– Deny access to or subscription in any multiple listing service or real estate brokers’ company.

In Mortgage Lending:

It is unlawful discrimination to take any of the following actions based upon race, color, faith, sex, disability, familial status, or national origin:

– Refuse to make a mortgage loan or supply other financial support for a residence.

– Refuse to offer details regarding loans.

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

– Discriminate in evaluating a home.

– Condition the availability of a loan on an individual’s response to harassment.

– Refuse to acquire a loan.

Harassment:

The Fair Housing Act makes it prohibited to pester individuals because of race, color, religious beliefs, sex, special needs, familial status, or national origin. To name a few things, this forbids unwanted sexual advances.

Retaliation and Other Prohibitions:

It is illegal discrimination to:

– Threaten, coerce, frighten or disrupt anybody exercising a fair housing right or assisting others who work out the right.

– Retaliate against a person who has submitted a fair housing problem or assisted in a reasonable housing investigation.

Reasonable Accommodations and Reasonable Modifications

Under the Fair Housing Acts a sensible accommodation is a modification, exception, or change to a guideline, policy, practice, or service. The Fair Housing Act makes it illegal to refuse to make reasonable accommodations to guidelines, policies, practices, or services when such accommodations may be necessary to pay for persons with impairments an equal chance to utilize and delight in a house and public and common usage locations.

In addition, the Fair Housing Act restricts a housing supplier from declining to allow, at the expense of the individual with an impairment, sensible adjustments of existing facilities inhabited or to be inhabited by such individual if such adjustments may be needed to manage such individual full pleasure of the facilities.

What is Needed for a Grievance

To submit a housing discrimination complaint these requirements should be satisfied:

– 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.