Preparedby:CommunityDevelopmentDepartment,

CityOfDecatur,Alabama.FormoreinformationonFairHousingoronhowtofileacomplaint,contact

FairHousingCenterofNorthernAlabama,Birmingham,AL,at866-740-1040

orwww.fhcna.com.

Sources: New Jersey Citizen Action (NJCA)

• Aphysicalormentaldisabilitythat substantiallylimitsoneormoremajor life activities

• Havingthehistoryofsuchanimpairment

• Beingperceivedashavingsuchimpairment

WHAT IS A DISABILITY?It is often distinguished by three factors:

• Owner-occupiedhouseswithnomorethan

fourunits

• Single-familyhousingsoldorrentedwithoutthe

useofabroker

• Certainhousingoperatedbyorganizationsand

privateclubsthatlimitoccupancytomembers.

• RaceorColor

• EthnicityorNationalOrigin

• FamilyStatusorPregnancy

• Gender

• Disability(mentalorphysical)

• Religion

FAIRHOUSINGACT

• Appliestomosttypesofhousing

SECTION504OF1973REHABILITATIONACT

• Appliestohousingsubsidizedwithfederalfunds

• TheU.S.DepartmentofHousingandUrban

Development(HUD)hasspecificguidelines

forHUD-fundedhousing.

AMERICANSWITHDISABILITIESACT(ADA)

• TitleIIappliestohousingoperatedbystateor

localgovernmentsandissimilartoSection504.

• TitleIIIappliestoplacesthatservethegeneral

public,includingrentaloffices;itdoesnotinclude

housingitself.

• Abuyerorarenterwithadisability

• Apersonwithadisabilitywho

isgoingtoliveinaunitafteritis

soldorrented

• Apersonwhoisassociated

withapersonwithadisability

Thisisafederallawthatprohibitshousing

discriminationagainstaperson,suchasa

prospectivetenantorhomebuyer,onthe

basisof:

The Fair Housing Act

THREE KEY LAWS relating to discrimination based on disability:

Who is protected under the Fair Housing Act as it relates to disability?

What Housing Is Covered?

TheFairHousingActcoversmosttypesof

housing;thefollowingareexempt: