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4. Housing Discrimination - Fair Housing
   
   Housing Discrimination - Fair Housing
   
   The Fair Housing Act protects individuals from discrimination when they are leasing or buying a home, getting a mortgage, seeking housing support, or taking part in other housing-related activities.
   
   Complaint Form
   
   If you require to submit a grievance about a violation of your housing rights, submit the Housing Discrimination Inquiry Form.
   
   Fair Housing Training
   
   We offer trainings for housing companies, residential or commercial property management and those involved in housing services.
   
   Our trainings are available practically and in-person. Complete the Request Form online or contact the training group at CRDTraining@twc.texas.gov.
   
   Monthly Webinar
   
   Join us on every very first and third Tuesday from 10:00 - 11:00 (CST) where we talk about Fair Housing and Housing Accommodations. This is a free webinar for those interested in their rights or those that handle or own residential or commercial properties.
   
   Register Online.
   Fair Housing Information
   
   Find details below on who and what is covered under the law.
   
   The Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination in housing because of:
   
   - Race.
   - Color.
   - National Origin.
   - Religion.
   - Sex.
   - Familial Status.
   - Disability.
   What Is Prohibited?
   
   In the Sale and Rental of Housing:
   
   It is unlawful discrimination to take any of the following actions due to the fact that of race, color, faith, sex, special needs, familial status, or national origin:
   
   - Refuse to lease or offer housing.
   - Refuse to negotiate for housing.
   - Otherwise make housing unavailable.
   - Set different terms, conditions or opportunities for sale or rental of a residence.
   - Provide a person various housing services or centers.
   - Falsely deny that housing is readily available for evaluation, sale or leasing.
   - Make, print or publish any notice, declaration or advertisement with respect to the sale or rental of a home that suggests any preference, constraint or discrimination.
   - Impose different sales prices or rental charges for the sale or rental of a home.
   - Use different certification requirements or applications, or sale or rental standards or procedures, such as earnings standards, application requirements, application costs, credit analyses, sale or rental approval treatments or other requirements.
   - Evict a renter or an occupant's guest.
   - Harass an individual.
   - Fail or delay performance of upkeep or repair work.
   - Limit advantages, services or facilities of a house.
   - Discourage the purchase or rental of a home.
   - Assign an individual to a particular structure or area or area of a building or neighborhood.
   - For profit, encourage, or try to encourage, homeowners to offer their homes by suggesting that people of a specific secured quality will move into the area (blockbusting).
   - Refuse to offer or discriminate in the terms or conditions of house owners insurance because of the race, color, religious beliefs, sex, special needs, familial status, or nationwide origin of the owner and/or occupants of a house.
   - Deny access to or subscription in any numerous listing service or real estate brokers' organization.
   In Mortgage Lending:
   
   It is illegal discrimination to take any of the following actions based upon race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, or national origin:
   
   - Refuse to make a mortgage loan or offer other monetary help for a dwelling.
   - Refuse to provide details concerning loans.
   - Impose various terms or conditions on a loan, such as different rate of interest, points, or fees.
   - Discriminate in assessing a home.
   - Condition the accessibility of a loan on an individual's response to harassment.
   - Refuse to purchase a loan.
   Harassment:
   
   The Fair Housing Act makes it illegal to bug individuals due to the fact that of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, or national origin. To name a few things, this forbids unwanted sexual advances.
   
   Retaliation and Other Prohibitions:
   
   It is prohibited discrimination to:
   
   - Threaten, push, frighten or hinder anybody working out a fair housing right or helping others who exercise the right.
   - Retaliate against a person who has actually filed a fair housing problem or helped in a reasonable housing investigation.
   Reasonable Accommodations and Reasonable Modifications
   
   Under the Fair Housing Acts an affordable accommodation is a modification, exception, or adjustment to a rule, policy, practice, or service. The Fair Housing Act makes it illegal to decline to clear up accommodations to guidelines, policies, practices, or services when such accommodations might be essential to afford persons with specials needs an equivalent opportunity to use and take pleasure in a dwelling and public and typical use areas.
   
   In addition, the Fair Housing Act prohibits a housing supplier from declining to allow, at the expense of the individual with an impairment, sensible adjustments of existing properties inhabited or to be inhabited by such person if such modifications might be necessary to afford such individual complete satisfaction of the properties.
   
   What is Needed for a Complaint
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   To send a housing discrimination problem these requirements need to be satisfied:
   
   - The residential or commercial property needs to be within the state of Texas.
   - The residential or commercial property owner, most of the times, must have more than 3 residential or commercial properties. This does not include residences.