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Federal Fair Housing Rights

• Race
• Color
• National origin
• Religion
• Sex
• Familial status (including children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians; pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18)
• Handicap (disability)

• Refusal to rent, sell, or negotiate for housing, or otherwise make housing unavailable
• Providing different terms, conditions, privileges, or provision of services or facilities
• Falsely denying that housing is available for inspection, sale, or rental
• Refusal to make necessary reasonable accommodations or modifications
• Statements or advertisements indicating a preference, limitation, or discrimination based upon membership in a protected class
• Restricting or attempting to restrict a person's housing choices, by words or conduct, in connection with seeking, negotiating for, buying, or renting a dwelling (steering)
• Persuading, for profit, an owner to sell or rent their dwelling because of the entry or prospective entry of a particular protected class into the neighborhood (blockbusting)
• Denying or offering less desirable lending (discrimination) terms or conditions for residential real estate transactions (lending), or
• Denying anyone access to or membership in a facility or service (such as a multiple listing service) related to the sale or rental of housing.

• Refuse to make a mortgage loan
• Refuse to provide information regarding loans
• Impose different terms or conditions on a loan, such as different interest rates, points, or fees
• Discriminate in appraising property
• Refuse to purchase a loan or set different terms or conditions for purchasing a loan.

• Threaten, coerce, intimidate or interfere with anyone exercising a fair housing right or assisting others who exercise that right

Federal Fair Housing Protections
​for People with Disabilities

• Have a physical or mental disability (including hearing, mobility or visual impairments, chronic alcoholism, chronic mental illness, AIDS, AIDS Related Complex and mental retardation) that substantially limits one or more major life activities or
• Have a record of such a disability or
• Are regarded as having such a disability

• Refuse to let you make reasonable modifications to your dwelling or common use areas, at your expense, if necessary for the disabled person to use the housing. (Where reasonable, the landlord may permit changes only if you agree to restore the property to its original condition when you move.)
• Refuse to make reasonable accommodations in rules, policies, practices or services if necessary for the disabled person to use the housing.

Example: An apartment complex that offers tenants unassigned parking must honor a request from a mobility-impaired tenant for a reserved space near her apartment if necessary to assure that she can have access to her apartment.

However, housing need not be made available to a person who is a direct threat to the health or safety of others or who currently uses illegal drugs.

• Public and common areas must be accessible to persons with disabilities
• Doors and hallways must be wide enough for wheelchairs

• An accessible route into and through the unit
• Accessible light switches, electrical outlets, thermostats and other environmental controls
• Reinforced bathroom walls to allow later installation of grab bars and
• Kitchens and bathrooms that can be used by people in wheelchairs.

These requirements for new buildings do not replace any more stringent standards in State or local law.

More Information about Federal Fair Housing
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is the federal agency responsible for enforcing federal fair housing laws. The primary federal fair housing law is the Fair Housing Act. For more information about federal fair housing visit our Resources page.