Fair Housing Rights to Protect you under The Law

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The federal Fair Housing Act, Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, was intended to safeguard the buyer/renter of a home from seller/landlord discrimination.

The federal Fair Housing Act, Title VIII of the Civil Liberty Act of 1968, was planned to protect the buyer/renter of a dwelling from seller/landlord discrimination. The law was the result of a civil rights campaign versus housing discrimination in the United States. It was approved, at the urging of President Lyndon B. Johnson, only one week after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.


. The Act is enforced by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.


HUD analyzes complaints of housing discrimination based upon race, color, religion, nationwide origin, sex, impairment, or familial status. At no charge to you, HUD will check out the problem and try to fix the matter with both parties. The process to file a complaint is covered below.


NOTE: If you wish to find out more about your rights as a renter in Kansas, read this Kansas Tenant Handbook. It was originally released by the Kansas company Housing and Credit Counseling, Inc. (HCCI), which helps people in Kansas with a variety of customer problems.


Here is a video to demonstrate how the Fair Housing Act protects you from discrimination on the basis of LGBTQ status.


This video discuss discrimination in Idaho, however it likewise applies to Kansas and other states as well. If you feel you have actually been a victim of housing discrimination since of LGBTQ status, you can get assistance from KLS online or call the application line at 316-267-3975. Or you can learn how to submit a grievance directly with HUD by going here.


What Housing Is Covered?


The Fair Housing Act covers most housing In many cases, the Act exempts owner-occupied structures without any more than four systems, single-family housing sold or leased without a broker, and housing operated by organizations and personal clubs that limit occupancy to members.


What Is Prohibited?


In the Sale and Rental of Housing: No one might take any of the following actions based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status or handicap:


- Refuse to rent or sell housing
- Refuse to anticipate housing.
- Make housing not available
- Deny a house
- Set various terms, conditions or benefits for sale or rental of a dwelling
- Provide various housing services or centers
- Falsely deny that housing is open for evaluation, sale, or rental
- For profit, persuade owners to sell or rent (blockbusting) or
- Deny anyone access to or subscription in a facility or service (such as a numerous listing service) associated to the sale or leasing of housing.


In Mortgage Lending: No one might take any of the following actions based upon race, color, nationwide origin, religious beliefs, sex, familial status or handicap (impairment):


- Refuse to make a mortgage loan
- Refuse to offer info about loans
- Impose various terms or conditions on a loan, such as different interest rates, points, or fees
- Discriminate in evaluating residential or commercial property
- Refuse to buy a loan or
- Set various terms or conditions for purchasing a loan.


In Addition: It is prohibited for anybody to:


- Threaten, persuade, bully or hinder anyone using a reasonable housing right or assisting others who work out that right
- Advertise or make any declaration that shows a cap or preference based on race, color, nationwide origin, religious beliefs, sex, familial status, or handicap. This bar against discriminatory marketing uses to single-family and owner-occupied housing that is otherwise exempt from the Fair Housing Act.


Additional Protection if You Have a Special needs


If you or someone connected with you:


- Have a physical or mental impairment (including hearing, movement and visual disabilities, persistent alcoholism, persistent mental health problem, AIDS, AIDS Related Complex and mental retardation) that considerably limits one or more significant life activities
- Have a record of such an impairment or
- Are considered as having such a special needs


Your landlord might not:


- Refuse to let you make practical modifications to your home or typical use areas, at your expenditure, if required for the disabled individual to utilize the housing. (Where reasonable, the property manager might permit modifications just if you accept bring back the residential or commercial property to its original condition when you move.).
- Refuse to make reasonable variations in guidelines, policies, practices or services if required for the disabled person to use the housing.


Example: A building with a 'no pets' policy should permit an aesthetically impaired occupant to keep a guide dog.


Example: Let's state an apartment building provides tenants sufficient, unassigned parking. They must honor a bid from a mobility-impaired tenant for a reserved area near her apartment or condo if it is required to assure that she can have access to her apartment.


However, housing need not be made vacant to a person who is a direct threat to the health or security of others or who now uses unlawful drugs.


Requirements for New Buildings


In structures that were prepared for very first usage after March 13, 1991, and have an elevator and four or more systems:


- Public and common areas should be useful to persons with impairments.
- Doors and hallways should be wide enough for wheelchairs.
- All units must have: - An accessible path into and through the system.
- Handy light switches, electrical outlets, thermostats and other ecological controls.
- Reinforced bathroom walls to allow later fitting of grab bars and.
- Kitchens and bathrooms that can be used by individuals in wheelchairs.


If a structure with 4 or more units has no elevator and were prepared for first use after March 13, 1991, these requirements use to ground floor units.


These must-haves for brand-new structures do not replace anymore stringent requirements in State or regional law.


Housing Opportunities for Families


Unless a structure or neighborhood makes the grade as housing for older individuals, it may not discriminate based upon familial status. That is, it may not discriminate versus families in which several kids under 18 live with:


- A parent.
- A person who has legal custody of the kid or children or.
- The designee of the parent or legal custodian, with the parent or custodian's written authorization.


Familial status security also uses to pregnant women and anybody protecting legal custody of a kid under 18.


Exemption: Housing for older persons is exempt from the restriction against familial status discrimination if:


- The HUD Secretary has decided that it is specially developed for and inhabited by seniors under a Federal, State or city government program or.
- It is occupied solely by persons who are 62 or older or.
- It houses a minimum of one individual who is 55 or older in at least 80 percent of the occupied units. It needs to likewise comply with a policy that demonstrates an intent to house individuals who are 55 or older.


A shift duration allows residents on or before September 13, 1988, to continue residing in the housing, despite their age, without disrupting the exemption.


If you believe your rights have actually been breached ... The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), a Kansas or regional fair housing company is prepared to help you submit a grievance, or you can look for legal support from KLS online or call the application line at 1-800-723-6953. Go online to HUD to discover how to file a grievance.


What to Tell HUD


- Your name and address.
- The name and address of the person your grievance is against (the participant).
- The address or other description of the housing involved.
- A brief description of the supposed violation (the event that triggered you to believe your rights were breached).
- The date of the alleged offense


Where to Write or Call:


Send a letter to the fair housing office closest you, or if you want, you may call that workplace straight.


Great Plains Office-- Fair Housing Hub


U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development,


Gateway Tower II, 400 State Avenue, Room 200, fourth Floor,


Kansas City, KS 66101-2406


Telephone (913) 551-6958 or 1-800-743-5323


Fax (913) 551-6856


TTY (913) 551-6972


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