Fair Housing Resources
Fair Housing Law and Regulations
Fair Housing Act (42 USC §3601 et seq.): http://www.justice.gov/crt/about/hce/title8.php
Fair Housing Regulations (24 CFR 100 et seq.): https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title24/24cfr100_main_02.tpl
Federal Fair Housing Agencies
HUD, Fair Housing/Equal Opportunity Office: http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/fair_housing_equal_opp
U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Housing and Civil Enforcement: http://www.justice.gov/crt/about/hce/
Federal Fair Housing Guidance/Memos
Advertising
Guidance Regarding Advertisements Under §804(c) of the Fair Housing Act, Jan. 9, 1995: https://www.hud.gov/sites/documents/DOC_7784.PDF
Criminal Background Checks
Disability
U.S. Department of Justice/HUD Guidance, May 17, 2004: Reasonable Accommodations Under the Fair Housing Act: https://www.hud.gov/sites/documents/huddojstatement.pdf
U.S. Department of Justice/HUD Guidance, March 5, 2008: Reasonable Modifications Under the Fair Housing Act: https://www.hud.gov/sites/documents/reasonable_modifications_mar08.pdf
Notice FHEO-2020-01: Assessing a Person’s Request to Have an Animal as a Reasonable Accommodation Under the Fair Housing Act, Jan. 28, 2020: https://www.hud.gov/sites/dfiles/PA/documents/HUDAsstAnimalNC1-28-2020.pdf.
Fact Sheet on HUD’S Assistance Animals Notice, Jan. 28, 2020: https://www.hud.gov/sites/dfiles/PA/documents/AsstAnimalsGuidFS1-24-20.pdf.
U.S. Department of Justice/HUD Guidance, April 30, 2013: Accessibility (Design and Construction) Requirements For Covered Multifamily Dwellings Under The Fair Housing Act: https://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/documents/huddoc?id=JOINTSTATEMENT.PDF
Disparate Impact
HUD Final Rule, February 15, 2013: Implementation of the Fair Housing Act’s Discriminatory Effects Standard: https://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/documents/huddoc?id=discriminatoryeffectrule.pdf
Familial Status
Fair Housing Enforcement—Occupancy Standards; Notice of Statement of Policy (Keating Memo), Dec. 22, 1998: http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/documents/huddoc?id=DOC_7780.pdf
HUD Final Rule, April 2, 1999: Implementation of the Housing for Older Persons Act of 1995: https://www.hud.gov/sites/documents/DOC_7770.PDF
Questions and Answers Concerning the Final Rule Implementing the Housing for Older Persons Act of 1995 (HOPA): http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/documents/huddoc?id=DOC_7769.pdf
Limited English Proficiency
Sex Discrimination
HUD Memo, Kim Kendrick, June 17, 2008: Questions and Answers on Sexual Harassment Under the Fair Housing Act: https://www.hud.gov/sites/documents/QANDASEXUALHARASSMENT.PDF
HUD Guidance, September 13, 2016: Office of General Counsel, “Guidance on Application of Fair Housing Act Standards to the Enforcement of Local Nuisance and Crime-Free Housing Ordinances Against Victims of Domestic Violence, Other Crime Victims, and Others Who Require Police or Emergency Services”: https://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/documents/huddoc?id=FinalNuisanceOrdGdnce.pdf
HUD Memo, Sara K. Pratt, Feb. 9, 2011: Assessing Claims of Housing Discrimination Against Victims of Domestic Violence under the Fair Housing Act and the Violence Against Women Act: http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/documents/huddoc?id=FHEODomesticViolGuidEng.pdf
Sexual Orientation
HUD’s LGBT Resources Page: https://www.hud.gov/LGBT_resources
HUD Final Rule, Feb. 3, 2012: Equal Access to Housing in HUD Programs Regardless of Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity: http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/documents/huddoc?id=12lgbtfinalrule.pdf.
Checklist of Fair Housing Protections by Major City (as of June 2015)
https://www.fairhousingcoach.com/sites/fairhousingcoach.com/files/FHC_2015_07_MajorCity_Cht_F.pdf