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Information and Forms
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Discrimination in Housing
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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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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Assistance Animals
Information about assistance animals for disabilities (also called service animals, companion animals/pets, or therapy animals.) Content Detail
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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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Domestic Violence and Homelessness
Factsheet about the relationship between domestic violence and becoming homeless. Content Detail
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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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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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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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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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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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Fair Housing Information Sheet: Using Reasonable Accommodations to Prevent Eviction
This article discusses how a request for reasonable accomodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act can be used to prevent a disabled person from being evicted. Content Detail
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Housing Discrimination and Domestic Violence
Facts about the rights of domestic violence victims and their access to housing. Content Detail
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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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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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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
