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4. Housing Discrimination - Fair Housing
   
   Housing Discrimination - Fair Housing
   
   The Fair Housing Act protects people from discrimination when they are leasing or purchasing a home, getting a mortgage, looking for housing help, or taking part in other housing-related activities.
   
   Complaint Form
   
   If you require to submit a complaint about a violation of your housing rights, fill out the Housing Discrimination Inquiry Form.
   
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   We supply trainings for housing companies, 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 first and 3rd Tuesday from 10:00 - 11:00 (CST) where we discuss Fair Housing and Housing Accommodations. This is a free webinar for those interested in 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 restricts 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 illegal discrimination to take any of the following actions since of race, color, faith, sex, special needs, familial status, or nationwide origin:
   
   - Refuse to lease or offer housing.
   - Refuse to work out for housing.
   - Otherwise make housing not available.
   - Set different terms, conditions or benefits for sale or rental of a residence.
   - Provide an individual different housing services or centers.
   - Falsely reject that housing is available for examination, sale or leasing.
   - Make, print or publish any notification, statement or advertisement with respect to the sale or leasing of a dwelling that shows any preference, restriction or discrimination.
   - Impose different sales costs or rental charges for the sale or leasing of a house.
   - Use various qualification requirements or applications, or sale or rental requirements or treatments, such as income standards, application requirements, application fees, credit analyses, sale or rental approval procedures or other requirements.
   - Evict a renter or an occupant's guest.
   - Harass a person.
   - Fail or delay efficiency of upkeep or repair work.
   - Limit privileges, services or facilities of a residence.
   - Discourage the purchase or rental of a dwelling.
   - Assign a person to a specific structure or community or section of a building or area.
   - For revenue, persuade, or attempt to encourage, homeowners to sell their homes by suggesting that individuals of a specific secured attribute are about to move into the area (blockbusting).
   - Refuse to offer or discriminate in the terms or conditions of house owners insurance due to the fact that of the race, color, faith, sex, special needs, familial status, or national origin of the owner and/or occupants of a residence.
   - Deny access to or membership in any several listing service or genuine estate brokers' organization.
   In Mortgage Lending:
   
   It is illegal discrimination to take any of the following actions based upon race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, or nationwide origin:
   
   - Refuse to make a mortgage loan or offer other financial support for a house.
   - Refuse to supply details regarding loans.
   - Impose various terms or conditions on a loan, such as different rate of interest, points, or fees.
   - Discriminate in assessing a residence.
   - Condition the availability of a loan on a person's response to harassment.
   - Refuse to purchase a loan.
   Harassment:
   
   The Fair Housing Act makes it prohibited to bug individuals since of race, color, faith, sex, impairment, familial status, or nationwide origin. To name a few things, this forbids sexual harassment.
   
   Retaliation and Other Prohibitions:
   
   It is illegal discrimination to:
   
   - Threaten, push, intimidate or interfere with anybody working out a fair housing right or helping others who work out the right.
   - Retaliate against a person who has actually filed a fair housing grievance or assisted in a fair housing investigation.
   Reasonable Accommodations and Reasonable Modifications
   
   Under the Fair Housing Acts a reasonable lodging is a change, exception, or adjustment to a rule, policy, practice, or service. The Fair Housing Act makes it unlawful to decline to clear up accommodations to guidelines, policies, practices, or services when such lodgings might be necessary to manage individuals with specials needs a level playing field to use and enjoy a residence and public and common use locations.
   
   In addition, the Fair Housing Act prohibits a housing supplier from declining to permit, at the expense of the individual with an impairment, reasonable adjustments of existing properties occupied or to be occupied by such individual if such adjustments might be required to pay for such person complete satisfaction of the facilities.
   
   What is Needed for a Complaint
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   To submit a housing discrimination grievance these requirements need to be met:
   
   - The residential or commercial property needs to be within the state of Texas.
   - The residential or commercial property owner, for the most part, must have more than 3 residential or commercial properties. This does not consist of multi-family residences.