HUD recently announced several enforcement activities related to discrimination against people with disabilities. HUD and City of Los Angeles Reach Landmark Settlement Resolving Disability Discrimination and Lack of Affordable Housing …
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Recent HUD Enforcement Activities on behalf of People with Disabilities
People with Disabilities and Fair Housing Brochure – English
People with Disabilities and Fair Housing Brochure – Spanish
People with Disabilities and Fair Housing Brochure – Vietnamese
Issue Spotlight: Hoarding and Fair Housing
It is a situation that has arisen repeatedly: A maintenance worker enters a tenant’s unit to make a repair or conduct an inspection and discovers that the unit is filled …
Disability
The federal Fair Housing Act (“FHA”) prohibits discrimination in housing based on a person’s race, color, religion, national origin, sex, familial status, and disability. What Is a Disability? The Fair …
Case Spotlight: Reasonable Accommodation: An Extra Bedroom for Medical Devices Keeps a Home Affordable
For persons living at or below the poverty level, access to affordable housing can sometimes mean the difference between homelessness and having a safe, affordable place to live. Some government-subsidized …
NCHFA, “Fair Housing and Tenant Selection Policy” (2018)
Issue Spotlight: Leveling the Playing Field for People with Disabilities
Many apartment complexes have “first-come, first-served” parking policies. And, to most, such policies seem reasonable. These policies do not on their face treat anyone differently: whoever gets to the space …