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Housing Discrimination - Fair Housing

The Fair Housing Act secures people from discrimination when they are renting or purchasing a home, getting a mortgage, seeking housing support, or participating in other housing-related activities.

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

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We supply trainings for housing suppliers, residential or commercial property management and those associated with housing services.

Our trainings are offered virtually 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 very first and third Tuesday from 10:00 - 11:00 (CST) where we go over Fair Housing and Housing Accommodations. This is a free 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 details listed below on who and what is covered under the law.

The Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination in housing since 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 due to the fact that of race, color, religious beliefs, sex, disability, familial status, or national origin:

- Refuse to lease or sell housing.

- Refuse to work out for housing.

- Otherwise make housing not available.

- Set various terms, conditions or opportunities for sale or rental of a dwelling.

- Provide an individual different housing services or centers.

- Falsely deny that housing is readily available for inspection, sale or rental.

- Make, print or release any notice, statement or ad with regard to the sale or leasing of a residence that shows any choice, restriction or discrimination.

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

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

- Evict a renter or an occupant's visitor.

- Harass an individual.

- Fail or hold-up performance of maintenance or repairs.

- Limit advantages, services or centers of a home.

- Discourage the purchase or rental of a house.

- Assign a person to a particular structure or neighborhood or area of a structure or neighborhood.

- For profit, convince, or attempt to persuade, house owners to sell their homes by suggesting that people of a particular secured attribute will move into the neighborhood (blockbusting).

- Refuse to supply or discriminate in the terms or conditions of house owners insurance due to the fact that of the race, color, religious beliefs, sex, special needs, familial status, or nationwide origin of the owner and/or occupants of a home.

- Deny access to or subscription in any multiple listing service or genuine estate brokers' company.


In Mortgage Lending:

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

- Refuse to make a mortgage loan or provide other monetary support for a residence.

- Refuse to offer details concerning loans.

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

- Discriminate in evaluating a residence.

- Condition the accessibility of a loan on an individual's response to harassment.

- Refuse to acquire a loan.


Harassment:

The Fair Housing Act makes it prohibited to pester persons due to the fact that of race, color, faith, sex, special needs, familial status, or nationwide origin. Among other things, this prohibits unwanted sexual advances.

Retaliation and Other Prohibitions:

It is unlawful discrimination to:

- Threaten, persuade, intimidate or disrupt anyone exercising a fair housing right or assisting others who work out the right.

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


Reasonable Accommodations and Reasonable Modifications

Under the Fair Housing Acts a reasonable accommodation is a modification, exception, or change to a rule, policy, practice, or service. The Fair Housing Act makes it illegal to refuse to clear up accommodations to guidelines, policies, practices, or services when such accommodations may be required to afford individuals with specials needs an equivalent opportunity to utilize and delight in a house and public and typical usage locations.

In addition, the Fair Housing Act restricts a housing service provider from refusing to permit, at the cost of the person with an impairment, affordable modifications of existing premises inhabited or to be inhabited by such person if such modifications might be needed to manage such individual full pleasure of the properties.

What is Needed for a Complaint

To send a housing discrimination grievance these requirements must be met:

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

- The residential or commercial property owner, in the majority of cases, should have more than 3 residential or commercial properties. This does not include multi-family homes.