Federal law bans housing discrimination based on your race, color, national origin, religion, sex, family status, or disability.

Some illegal actions may include:

• Refusing to rent or sell housing to you
• Sexually harassing a tenant
• Falsely telling you that housing is unavailable
• Asking you to pay a different amount for rent or security deposit
• Excluding you from living in a particular apartment or neighborhood
• Refusing to provide reasonable accommodations to disabled tenants

File a Fair Housing Complaint

If you believe you are the victim of discriminatory housing practices, you can file a fair housing complaint. Find out how and where to file a Fair Housing complaint...

Legal Assistance

Need a lawyer but cannot afford one? You may be eligible to receive free or reduced cost legal aids. (Find out more about free legal help...)

Tenant Rights and Responsibilities

When you live in rental housing you have certain responsibilities, and you also have certain rights. Find out what they are... (Learn more about your rights as a tenant...)

Predatory Lending

Don't become a victim of unscrupulous lenders. Make sure that you know about mortgage loan fraud and how to avoid it. (Learn about predatory lending...)