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Report Housing Discrimination
If you think your rights might have been breached, we encourage you to report housing discrimination. Because there are time frame on when an accusation can be submitted with HUD after an alleged infraction, you should report housing discrimination as quickly as possible. When reporting housing discrimination, please provide as much details as possible, consisting of:
Your name and address
The name and address of the person(s) or company your claims protests
The address or other identification of the housing or program involved
A brief description of the event(s) that cause you to believe your rights were breached
The date(s) of the supposed infraction
Online
You can Report Housing Discrimination with FHEO online in English (likewise readily available in Español, 中文, Tiếng Việt, 한국인, العربية, Русский, ខ ម រ, and Soomaali)
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Phone
We speak your language! Talk with an FHEO intake specialist by calling:
1-800-669-9777
or
Mail
You can print out this type (also offered in Español, 中文, Tiếng Việt, 한국인, العربية, Русский, ខ ម រ, and Soomaali) and mail it to your local FHEO office at the address on this list.
Assistance for Persons with Disabilities
HUD invites and is prepared to get calls from individuals who are deaf or tough of hearing, as well as individuals with speech or communication disabilities. For more information about how to make an available phone call, please go to Telecommunications Relay Service - TRS.
Assistance for Persons with Limited English Proficiency
You can report housing discrimination in any language. For individuals with restricted English efficiency, HUD offers interpreters. HUD also offers a Spanish language version of the online report housing discrimination form. You can find descriptions of your reasonable housing rights in several languages besides English here.
It is illegal to retaliate versus anybody for making a claims, testifying, helping, or getting involved in any way in a case under HUD's claims procedure at any time, even after the examination has been finished. The Fair Housing Act also makes it unlawful to strike back versus anybody because that individual reported a prejudiced practice to a housing supplier or other authority. The Violence Against Women Act likewise makes it unlawful for a public housing agency, owner, or supervisor of housing helped under a VAWA covered housing program to strike back versus somebody for seeking or exercising VAWA defenses for themself or another. This includes security for people who affirm, assist, or participate in any VAWA matter on their own, or another's, behalf. If you think you have experienced retaliation, you can report housing discrimination.
FHEO examines claims, which may be one or both of the following types:
Discrimination in renting or purchasing a home, getting a mortgage, looking for housing assistance, or participating in other housing-related activities
Fair Housing Act (race, color, national origin, religious beliefs, sex, disability, familial status)
Anyone who has been or will be harmed by a discriminatory housing practice
Residential or commercial property owners, residential or commercial property supervisors, developers, realty representatives, mortgage loan providers, house owners associations, insurance coverage companies, and others who affect housing chances
Discrimination and other offenses of civil rights in HUD programs (for example, failure to make sure significant access by persons with limited English proficiency)
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (race, color, national origin); Section 109 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (race, color, nationwide origin, religious beliefs, sex); Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (impairment); Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (disability); Architectural Barriers Act of 1968 (disability); Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (age); Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 (sex)
Anyone
Any recipient or subrecipient of HUD financial help, States, local federal governments, and personal entities running housing and community advancement and other kinds of services, programs, or activities
How Your Rights May Have Been Violated
Discrimination in accessing housing or help, being kicked out from housing, or having your support terminated since you are a survivor of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual attack, or stalking; failure to get notification of tenancy rights or certification type under VAWA; being rejected housing or housing-related rights or otherwise penalized for reporting criminal offenses and emergency situations; or being struck back versus for seeking or exercising VAWA rights for yourself or another.
Applicable Law and Protected Classes
Violence Against Women Act (survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking; particular VAWA securities use regardless of being a survivor (right to report crimes and emergencies; securities from retaliation)).
Who May File an Allegation
Anyone who has actually been or will be harmed by a discriminatory housing practice under VAWA.
Who May Have an Accusation Filed Against Them
With regard to the majority of the Violence Against Women Act, any private or entity under a covered housing program that has duty for the administration and/or oversight of VAWA defenses, including a public housing firm, sponsor, owner, mortgager, manager, State and city government or its firm, not-for-profit or for-profit organization or entity. Additionally, claims might be filed versus anyone who breaches the right to report criminal activities and emergency situations.
Privacy Act Statement: The info submitted to HUD might be used to investigate and process claims of housing and other types of discrimination. It might be divulged for lawful investigatory functions, including to the U.S. Department of Justice for its usage in the filing of pattern and of housing discrimination or the prosecution of the individual(s) who committed the discrimination where violence is included; the general public, where proper; and to State or regional reasonable housing companies that administer significantly comparable fair housing laws for claims processing. Though disclosure of the information is voluntary, failure to supply some or all of the inquired might result in the hold-up or denial of aid with your housing discrimination accusation.