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4. Housing Discrimination - Fair Housing
   
   Housing Discrimination - Fair Housing
   
   The Fair Housing Act secures people from discrimination when they are leasing or buying a home, getting a mortgage, looking for housing assistance, or engaging in other housing-related activities.
   
   Complaint Form
   
   If you need to submit a grievance about a violation of your housing rights, complete the Housing Discrimination Inquiry Form.
   
   Fair Housing Training
   
   We provide trainings for housing service providers, residential or commercial property management and those included in housing services.
   
   Our trainings are offered virtually and in-person. Complete the Request Form online or contact the training group at CRDTraining@twc.texas.gov.
   
   Monthly Webinar
   
   Join us on every very first and 3rd Tuesday from 10:00 - 11:00 (CST) where we talk about Fair Housing and Housing Accommodations. This is a totally 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 information below on who and what is covered under the law.
   
   The Fair Housing Act forbids discrimination in housing because 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 since of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, or national origin:
   
   - Refuse to lease or sell housing.
   - Refuse to negotiate for housing.
   - Otherwise make housing not available.
   - Set various terms, conditions or opportunities for sale or rental of a home.
   - Provide an individual various housing services or centers.
   - Falsely reject that housing is readily available for inspection, sale or leasing.
   - Make, print or release any notice, declaration or ad with respect to the sale or leasing of a house that suggests any preference, limitation or discrimination.
   - Impose different sales prices or rental charges for the sale or rental of a home.
   - Use various qualification criteria or applications, or sale or rental standards or treatments, such as earnings standards, application requirements, application fees, credit analyses, sale or rental approval procedures or other requirements.
   - Evict a tenant or a tenant's guest.
   - Harass an individual.
   - Fail or hold-up efficiency of maintenance or repairs.
   - Limit advantages, services or centers of a dwelling.
   - Discourage the purchase or leasing of a residence.
   - Assign a person to a particular structure or area or section of a structure or area.
   - For earnings, persuade, or try to persuade, homeowners to offer their homes by recommending that individuals of a specific protected characteristic are about to move into the neighborhood (blockbusting).
   - Refuse to provide or discriminate in the terms or conditions of insurance coverage due to the fact that of the race, color, religious beliefs, sex, special needs, familial status, or national origin of the owner and/or residents of a residence.
   - Deny access to or membership in any several 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, religious beliefs, sex, special needs, familial status, or national origin:
   
   - Refuse to make a mortgage loan or supply other financial assistance for a house.
   - Refuse to offer details regarding loans.
   - Impose different terms or conditions on a loan, such as different rate of interest, points, or charges.
   - Discriminate in appraising a house.
   - Condition the schedule of a loan on an individual's action to harassment.
   - Refuse to buy a loan.
   Harassment:
   
   The Fair Housing Act makes it prohibited to pester individuals due to the fact that of race, color, religious beliefs, sex, disability, familial status, or national origin. To name a few things, this forbids sexual harassment.
   
   Retaliation and Other Prohibitions:
   
   It is illegal discrimination to:
   
   - Threaten, coerce, intimidate or interfere with anybody exercising a reasonable housing right or helping others who exercise the right.
   - Retaliate versus an individual who has filed a reasonable housing complaint or assisted in a fair housing examination.
   Reasonable Accommodations and Reasonable Modifications
   
   Under the Fair Housing Acts a reasonable accommodation is a modification, exception, or adjustment to a guideline, policy, practice, or service. The Fair Housing Act makes it unlawful to refuse to make reasonable lodgings to rules, policies, practices, or services when such accommodations may be needed to pay for individuals with impairments an equal chance to utilize and take pleasure in a house and public and common usage locations.
   
   In addition, the Fair Housing Act prohibits a housing provider from declining to allow, at the expenditure of the person with a disability, reasonable adjustments of existing facilities inhabited or to be occupied by such person if such modifications may be needed to afford such individual complete satisfaction of the premises.
   
   What is Needed for a Problem
   
   To submit a housing discrimination problem these requirements should be fulfilled:
   
   - The residential or commercial property needs to be within the state of Texas.
   - The residential or commercial property owner, in many cases, should have more than 3 residential or commercial properties. This does not consist of multi-family homes.
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