Fair Housing Factsheet
Fair Housing - What Are Your Rights?
No one may take any of the following actions based on disability:
In the Sale and Rental of Housing:
- Refuse to rent or sell housing
- Refuse to negotiate for housing
- Make housing unavailable
- Deny a dwelling
- Set different terms, conditions or privileges for sale or rental of a dwelling
- Provide different housing services or facilities
- Falsely deny that housing is available for inspection, sale, or rental
- For profit, persuade owners to sell or rent (blockbusting)
- Deny anyone access to or membership in a facility or service (such as a multiple listing service) related to the sale or rental of housing
- Advertise or make any statement that indicates a limitation or preference based on disability
- Threaten, coerce, intimidate or interfere with anyone exercising a fair housing right or assisting others who exercise that right
In Mortgage Lending:
- Refuse to make a mortgage loan
- Refuse to provide information regarding loans
- Impose different terms or conditions on a loan, such as different interest rates, points, or fees
- Discriminate in appraising property
- Refuse to purchase a loan
- Set different terms or conditions for purchasing a loan
In Accommodations:
- Refuse to allow tenants to make reasonable modifications to dwelling or common use areas, at the tenant’s expense, if necessary for a disabled person to use the housing. (Where reasonable, the landlord may permit changes only if the tenant agrees to restore the property to its original condition upon leaving.)
- Refuse to make reasonable accommodations in rules, policies, practices or services if necessary for the disabled person to use the housing.
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