fair housing: disability rights laws
DESCRIPTION
Three key laws relate to housing discrimination based on disability.TRANSCRIPT
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: