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Housing Discrimination - Fair Housing

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

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

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We provide trainings for housing companies, residential or commercial property management and those involved in housing services.

Our trainings are available essentially and in-person. Complete the Request Form online or call the training team at CRDTraining@twc.texas.gov.

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

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Fair Housing Information

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

The Fair Housing Act prohibits 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 unlawful discrimination to take any of the following actions since of race, color, faith, sex, disability, familial status, or nationwide origin:

- Refuse to lease or offer housing.

- Refuse to negotiate for housing.

- Otherwise make housing not available.

- Set different terms, conditions or opportunities for sale or rental of a house.

- Provide a person various housing services or centers.

- Falsely reject that housing is offered for evaluation, sale or rental.

- Make, print or publish any notification, declaration or advertisement with regard to the sale or rental of a residence that shows any choice, restriction or discrimination.

- Impose various list prices or rental charges for the sale or leasing of a house.

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

- Evict an occupant or a tenant's guest.

- Harass a person.

- Fail or hold-up performance of upkeep or repair work.

- Limit opportunities, services or facilities of a home.

- Discourage the purchase or rental of a home.

- Assign an individual to a specific structure or community or area of a building or community.

- For revenue, convince, or attempt to convince, house owners to offer their homes by recommending that individuals of a specific protected characteristic are about to move into the community (blockbusting).

- Refuse to provide or discriminate in the terms or conditions of homeowners insurance since of the race, color, religion, sex, special needs, familial status, or national origin of the owner and/or residents of a home.

- Deny access to or subscription in any numerous listing service or real estate brokers' company.


In Mortgage Lending:

It is illegal discrimination to take any of the following actions based on race, color, religious beliefs, sex, disability, familial status, or nationwide origin:

- Refuse to make a mortgage loan or offer other financial support for a dwelling.

- Refuse to supply information regarding loans.

- Impose various terms or conditions on a loan, such as different interest rates, points, or costs.

- Discriminate in appraising a home.

- Condition the schedule of a loan on an individual's reaction to harassment.

- Refuse to buy a loan.


Harassment:

The Fair Housing Act makes it illegal to pester persons because of race, color, religious beliefs, sex, special needs, familial status, or nationwide origin. Among other things, this forbids unwanted sexual advances.

Retaliation and Other Prohibitions:

It is unlawful discrimination to:

- Threaten, push, frighten or hinder anybody working out a reasonable housing right or assisting others who work out the right.

- Retaliate against an individual who has actually submitted a fair housing complaint or helped in a fair housing investigation.


Reasonable Accommodations and Reasonable Modifications

Under the Fair Housing Acts an affordable accommodation is a modification, exception, or change to a rule, policy, practice, or service. The Fair Housing Act makes it illegal to decline to clear up lodgings to guidelines, policies, practices, or services when such lodgings might be needed to afford individuals with specials needs an equal chance to utilize and enjoy a home and public and common usage locations.

In addition, the Fair Housing Act prohibits a housing company from refusing to allow, at the expense of the person with a disability, affordable modifications of existing properties occupied or to be occupied by such individual if such modifications may be necessary to afford such individual complete pleasure of the facilities.

What is Needed for a Grievance

To submit a housing discrimination grievance these requirements need to be fulfilled:

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

- The residential or commercial property owner, in the majority of cases, need to have more than three residential or commercial properties. This does not include multi-family houses.