HUD
CAN HELP
With
Housing Discrimination
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When
looking for a place to call home, discrimination based on your
race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, or
familial status (which includes children under the age of 18
living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women, and
people in the process of getting custody of children under the
age of 18) is against the law.
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If
you feel your housing rights have been violated, you have up
to one year to file
a complaint with us. |
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to Home
We
work with agencies around the country that provide assistance to
victims of housing discrimination. You can also contact these agencies
for help.
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The
Fair
Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) funds agencies that can
help you. These non-profit fair housing organizations develop
programs designed to prevent or eliminate discriminatory housing
practices. They also conduct preliminary investigations of housing
discrimination claims, including sending "testers" (minorities
and whites with the same financial qualifications who evaluate
whether housing providers treat equally-qualified people differently)
to properties suspected of practicing housing discrimination. |
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