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Report Housing Discrimination
If you believe your rights might have been violated, we encourage you to report housing discrimination. Because there are time frame on when a claims can be submitted with HUD after an alleged violation, you must report housing discrimination as quickly as possible. When reporting housing discrimination, please supply 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 short description of the occasion(s) that trigger you to think your rights were breached
The date(s) of the alleged violation
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)
Report Now > or
Phone
We speak your language! Talk with an FHEO consumption professional by calling:
1-800-669-9777
or
You can print out this form (also readily available 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 people who are deaf or difficult of hearing, in addition to people with speech or interaction impairments. For more information about how to make an available phone conversation, please go to Telecommunications Relay Service - TRS.
Assistance for Persons with Limited English Proficiency
You can report housing discrimination in any language. For persons with limited English proficiency, HUD provides interpreters. HUD likewise supplies a Spanish language version of the online report housing discrimination type. You can discover descriptions of your reasonable housing rights in a number of languages besides English here.
It is prohibited to retaliate versus anybody for making an accusation, affirming, assisting, or taking part in any way in a case under HUD's claims procedure at any time, even after the investigation has been completed. The Fair Housing Act likewise makes it illegal to retaliate against anybody since 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 firm, owner, or supervisor of housing assisted under a VAWA covered housing program to strike back versus someone for looking for or working out VAWA securities for themself or another. This consists of protection for individuals who affirm, assist, or take part in any VAWA matter on their own, or another's, behalf. If you think you have actually experienced retaliation, you can report housing discrimination.
FHEO investigates allegations, which may be one or both of the list below types:
Discrimination in renting or buying a home, getting a mortgage, seeking housing help, or participating in other housing-related activities
Fair Housing Act (race, color, nationwide origin, religious beliefs, sex, disability, familial status)
Anyone who has been or will be hurt by a discriminatory housing practice
Residential or commercial property owners, residential or commercial property supervisors, designers, real estate representatives, mortgage lenders, homeowners associations, insurance coverage companies, and others who impact housing opportunities
Discrimination and other offenses of civil liberties in HUD programs (for instance, failure to make sure significant access by individuals with limited English efficiency)
Title VI of the Civil Liberty Act of 1964 (race, color, national origin); Section 109 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (race, color, nationwide origin, faith, 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 (impairment); Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (age); Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 (sex)
Anyone
Any recipient or subrecipient of HUD monetary help, States, local federal governments, and private entities operating housing and community advancement and other kinds of services, programs, or activities
How Your Rights May Have Been Violated
Discrimination in accessing housing or assistance, being evicted from housing, or having your assistance ended because you are a survivor of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking; failure to get notice of tenancy rights or accreditation form under VAWA; being denied housing or housing-related rights or otherwise punished for reporting criminal offenses and emergency situations; or being retaliated against for looking for or exercising VAWA rights on your own or another.
Applicable Law and Protected Classes
Violence Against Women Act (survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking; specific VAWA securities use regardless of being a survivor (right to report criminal activities and emergencies; securities from retaliation)).
Who May File an Allegation
Anyone who has been or will be damaged by an inequitable housing practice under VAWA.
Who May Have a Claims Filed Against Them
With respect to the majority of the Violence Against Women Act, any specific or entity under a covered housing program that has duty for the administration and/or oversight of VAWA securities, consisting of a public housing agency, sponsor, owner, mortgager, supervisor, State and city government or its agency, nonprofit or for-profit organization or entity. Additionally, accusations might be filed against anybody who violates the right to report crimes and emergency situations.
Privacy Act Statement: The info sent to HUD might be used to examine and process claims of housing and other kinds of discrimination. It might be disclosed for lawful investigatory purposes, consisting of to the U.S. Department of Justice for its use in the filing of pattern and practice suits of housing discrimination or the prosecution of the person(s) who devoted the discrimination where violence is included; the general public, where suitable; and to State or regional reasonable housing agencies that administer substantially equivalent fair housing laws for accusation processing. Though disclosure of the information is voluntary, failure to offer some or all of the inquired may lead to the delay or denial of assistance with your housing discrimination accusation.
