Housing Discrimination

Information and Forms

• Discrimination in Housing

  Explains what housing discrimintation is, who's protected and what you can do if you feel you have been discriminated against. Read More

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  Montana Fair Housing

• Fair Housing Facts: The Illegality of "Independent Living Requirements"; in Housing Applic

  This article adresses the fact that it is illegal, under the Fair Housing Act, for landlords to require disabled applicants to be "capable of independent living" or to ask about the severity of their disability in the housing application process. Content Detail

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  Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law

• Fair Housing Information: Accessibility Requirements in Public and Section 8 Housing

  This article discusses the accessibility requirements for public housing under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Content Detail

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  Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law

• Fair Housing Information: Early Termination of a Lease Due to Disability

  This article explains your legal rights and protections if you must terminate a lease before the end of the lease term because a disability makes it impossible for you to live there any longer. Content Detail

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  Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law

• Fair Housing Information Sheet: Disability Discrimination in the Housing Application Process

  This article discusses your legal rights and protections when you are going through a housing application and screening process and you are disabled. This article adresses what questions your landlord can ask you during the application process and when a landlord can lawfully reject your application. Content Detail

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  Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law

• Domestic Violence and Homelessness PDF

  Factsheet about the relationship between domestic violence and becoming homeless. Content Detail

• Fair Housing Information: Eliminating Financial Barriers in the Application Process

  This article discusses how the Fair Housing Amendments Act (FHAA) can help you if you are disabled and there are financial barriers preventing you from finding housing. Content Detail

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  Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law

• Fair Housing Information: Neighbors Buying Property to Prevent Group Home

  This article discusses the legality of a situation where neighbors pool their money together to buy property in order to prevent the establishment of a group home. Content Detail

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  Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law

• Integrated Housing Options for People with Mental Illness

  This article discusses common legal issues relating to housing for the mentally ill and the American's with Disabilities Act. Content Detail

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  Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law

• Your Rights in Housing if You're Disabled

  Information about your rights in private or public housing if you have a disability. Content Detail

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  U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

• Housing Discrimination and Domestic Violence PDF

  Facts about the rights of domestic violence victims and their access to housing. Content Detail

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  American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

• Rights of DV Survivors in Public and Subsidized Housing PDF

  An explanation of the rights of domestic violence survivors living in government subsidized or public housing. Content Detail

• Your Housing Rights if You're a Survivor of Domestic Violence PDF

  A summary of housing rights for domestic violence survivors. Content Detail

• Assistance Animals PDF

  Information about assistance animals for disabilities (also called service animals, companion animals/pets, or therapy animals.) Content Detail

  By:

  Montana Fair Housing

• Do I Have A Right To An Emotional Support Pet Even If My Housing Is "No Pets Allowed"?

  This "Fair Housing Information Sheet" discusses your right, if you are disabled, to have an emotional support or service pet even if your landlord does not allow pets. Content Detail

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  Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law