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4. Housing Discrimination - Fair Housing
   
   Housing Discrimination - Fair Housing
   
   The Fair Housing Act safeguards individuals from discrimination when they are renting 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 an offense of your housing rights, submit the Housing Discrimination Inquiry Form.
   
   Fair Housing Training
   
   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 get in touch with the training group at CRDTraining@twc.texas.gov.
   
   Monthly Webinar
   
   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 totally free webinar for those interested in their rights or those that handle or own residential or commercial properties.
   
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   Fair Housing Information
   
   Find info below on who and what is covered under the law.
   
   The Fair Housing Act restricts 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 due to the fact that of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, or nationwide origin:
   
   - Refuse to lease or offer housing.
   - Refuse to negotiate for housing.
   - Otherwise make housing unavailable.
   - Set various terms, conditions or privileges for sale or rental of a residence.
   - Provide a person different housing services or centers.
   - Falsely deny that housing is readily available for examination, sale or rental.
   - Make, print or publish any notice, declaration or ad with respect to the sale or leasing of a dwelling that indicates any choice, constraint or discrimination.
   - Impose various prices or rental charges for the sale or rental of a home.
   - Use various credentials requirements or applications, or sale or rental standards or treatments, such as earnings standards, application requirements, application costs, credit analyses, sale or rental approval procedures or other requirements.
   - Evict an occupant or a renter's visitor.
   - Harass an individual.
   - Fail or hold-up performance of maintenance or repairs.
   - Limit benefits, services or centers of a dwelling.
   - Discourage the purchase or leasing of a home.
   - Assign an individual to a specific structure or neighborhood or area of a structure or area.
   - For profit, encourage, or try to persuade, homeowners to offer their homes by suggesting that individuals of a particular secured attribute will move into the area (blockbusting).
   - Refuse to offer or discriminate in the terms or conditions of homeowners insurance coverage since of the race, color, religion, sex, disability, 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 realty brokers' organization.
   In Mortgage Lending:
   
   It is illegal discrimination to take any of the following actions based upon race, color, religious beliefs, sex, disability, familial status, or nationwide origin:
   
   - Refuse to make a mortgage loan or provide other financial help for a residence.
   - Refuse to supply information relating to loans.
   - Impose different terms or conditions on a loan, such as various rate of interest, points, or fees.
   - Discriminate in assessing a home.
   - Condition the of a loan on an individual's reaction to harassment.
   - Refuse to acquire a loan.
   Harassment:
   
   The Fair Housing Act makes it prohibited to harass persons due to the fact that of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, or nationwide origin. Among other things, this forbids unwanted sexual advances.
   
   Retaliation and Other Prohibitions:
   
   It is prohibited discrimination to:
   
   - Threaten, coerce, daunt or interfere with anyone working out a fair housing right or helping others who work out the right.
   - Retaliate against a person who has actually submitted a reasonable housing problem or helped in a fair housing examination.
   Reasonable Accommodations and Reasonable Modifications
   
   Under the Fair Housing Acts a reasonable lodging is a modification, exception, or change to a guideline, policy, practice, or service. The Fair Housing Act makes it unlawful to refuse to clear up lodgings to rules, policies, practices, or services when such accommodations may be needed to afford persons with disabilities a level playing field to utilize and enjoy a residence and public and common usage locations.
   
   In addition, the Fair Housing Act prohibits a housing company from refusing to allow, at the expenditure of the individual with a special needs, affordable adjustments of existing properties occupied or to be inhabited by such person if such modifications might be needed to afford such individual full satisfaction of the properties.
   
   What is Needed for a Complaint
   
   To submit a housing discrimination problem these requirements must be met:
   
   - The residential or commercial property must be within the state of Texas.
   - The residential or commercial property owner, most of the times, need to have more than three residential or commercial properties. This does not include multi-family houses.