Housing :
Housing Discrimination
This section of the library provides information about federal housing discrimination laws.
Document related to Housing Discrimination are grouped below:
Legal Education
Age Discrimination Act of 1975
- It is the purpose of this chapter to prohibit discrimination on the basis of age in programs or activities receiving Federal financial assistance.
Disabled Renters' Housing Rights
- When seeking a rental, landlords are not allowed to ask you whether or not you have a disability or illness, or ask to see your medical records. After moving in, your landlord may have to provide you with accommodations, at the landlord's expense, and your landlord may have to allow you to make reasonable modifications to your living unit at your own expense.
Fair Housing Act
- It is the policy of the United States to provide, within constitutional limitations, for fair housing throughout the United States.
Section 109 of Title I of the Housing & Community Development Act
- Section 109 provides that no person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color, national origin, religion, or sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity funded in whole or in part with Federal financial assistance.
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
- No otherwise qualified individual with a disability in the United States, shall, solely by reason of his or her disability, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.
Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act
- No qualified individual with a disability shall, by reason of such disability, be excluded from participation in or be denied the benefits of the services, programs, or activities of a public entity, or be subjected to discrimination by any such entity.
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
- No person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.
Related Library Topics
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Consumer Rights
Wills and Probate
Courts and The Law
Government Assistance
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