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• Discrimination in Housing (FAQ)

  Explains what housing discrimination 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

• How to File a Housing Discrimination Complaint

  Learn about what you can do if you feel you’ve been discriminated against in housing. Find out more about the steps in the complaint process. Content Detail

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  Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

• 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

• Emotional Support Animal Sample Letter

  This sample letter can be completed by service providers and given to a landlord to show that an emotional support animal was prescribed to a tenant. Content Detail

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  Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law

• Assistance Animals

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

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  Montana Fair Housing

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

  This booklet discusses your legal rights and protections when you are going through a housing application and screening process and you are disabled. This article addresses 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

• 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 Rights for People with Disabilities

  Learn about your rights when applying for housing and during your tenancy. Find out how to ask for a reasonable accommodation and what to do if you are denied a reasonable accommodation or discriminated against. Content Detail

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  The 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

• Domestic Violence and Homelessness

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

• Housing Discrimination and Domestic Violence

  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

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

• Service Animals

  The Montana Human Rights Act and other state law, the federal Americans with Disabilities Act, the federal Fair Housing Act, and the 1973 Rehabilitation Act protect the right of persons with disabilities to use service animals to aid them in various settings. Content Detail

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  Disability Rights Montana

• The Basics of Renting a Home in Montana

  Covers some basic FAQs about renting a home in the state of Montana. Content Detail

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  State Bar of Montana