The federal Fair Housing Act, Title VIII of the Civil Liberty Act of 1968, was meant to secure the buyer/renter of a residence from seller/landlord discrimination. The law was the result of a civil rights project against housing discrimination in the United States. It was approved, at the prompting of President Lyndon B. Johnson, just one week after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

. The Act is implemented by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.

HUD examines problems of housing discrimination based upon race, color, faith, national origin, sex, special needs, or familial status. At no charge to you, HUD will check out the problem and try to solve the matter with both celebrations. The procedure to file a problem is covered below.

NOTE: If you want to discover more about your rights as an occupant in Kansas, read this Kansas Tenant Handbook. It was originally published by the Kansas company Housing and Credit Counseling, Inc. (HCCI), which helps individuals in Kansas with a variety of consumer concerns.

Here is a video to demonstrate how the Fair Housing Act safeguards you from discrimination on the basis of LGBTQ status.

This video talks about discrimination in Idaho, however it also applies to Kansas and other states as well. If you feel you have been a victim of housing discrimination since of LGBTQ status, you can apply for help from KLS online or call the application line at 316-267-3975. Or you can discover how to submit a grievance directly with HUD by going here.

What Housing Is Covered?

The Fair Housing Act covers most housing In some cases, the Act exempts owner-occupied buildings without any more than four systems, single-family housing sold or leased without a broker, and housing operated by companies and personal clubs that restrict tenancy to members.

What Is Prohibited?

In the Sale and Rental of Housing: No one may take any of the following actions based upon race, color, nationwide origin, faith, sex, familial status or handicap:

- Refuse to rent or sell housing

• Refuse to bargain for housing.
• Make housing unavailable
• Deny a house
• Set different terms, conditions or privileges for sale or leasing of a house - Provide different housing services or facilities
• Falsely deny that housing is open for examination, sale, or leasing
• For revenue, convince owners to offer or lease (blockbusting) or
• Deny anyone access to or subscription in a center or service (such as a numerous listing service) related to the sale or leasing of housing.
  
  In Mortgage Lending: Nobody might take any of the following actions based upon race, color, nationwide origin, religion, sex, familial status or handicap (special needs):
  
  - Refuse to make a mortgage loan
• Refuse to give information about loans
• Impose various terms or conditions on a loan, such as various rates of interest, points, or costs
• Discriminate in assessing residential or commercial property
• Refuse to purchase a loan or
• Set various terms or conditions for acquiring a loan.
  
  In Addition: It is prohibited for anyone to:
  
  - Threaten, coerce, bully or interfere with anyone applying a fair housing right or helping others who work out that right
• Advertise or make any declaration that indicates a cap or choice based on race, color, nationwide origin, faith, sex, familial status, or handicap. This bar versus inequitable marketing uses to single-family and owner-occupied housing that is otherwise exempt from the Fair Housing Act.
  
  Additional Protection if You Have a Special needs
  
  If you or somebody gotten in touch with you:
  
  - Have a physical or mental disability (including hearing, movement and visual problems, chronic alcoholism, persistent mental disorder, AIDS, AIDS Related Complex and psychological retardation) that considerably limits several major life activities
• Have a record of such a disability or
• Are regarded as having such a special needs
  
  Your property owner may not:
  
  - Refuse to let you make realistic modifications to your home or common use areas, at your expense, if required for the handicapped individual to utilize the housing. (Where rational, the property manager might allow modifications just if you consent to bring back the residential or commercial property to its initial condition when you move.).
• Refuse to make practical variations in rules, policies, practices or services if needed for the handicapped person to utilize the housing.
  
  Example: A building with a 'no pets' policy need to permit an aesthetically impaired tenant to keep a guide pet dog.
  
  Example: Let's say an apartment or condo complex provides renters sufficient, unassigned parking. They should honor a quote from a mobility-impaired renter for a reserved space near her home if it is needed to assure that she can have access to her apartment or condo.
  
  However, housing need not be made vacant to a person who is a direct hazard to the health or safety of others or who now uses controlled substances.
  
  Requirements for New Buildings
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  In buildings that were prepared for first use after March 13, 1991, and have an elevator and 4 or more systems:
  
  - Public and typical locations need to come in handy to individuals with impairments.
• Doors and corridors must be large enough for wheelchairs.
• All units need to have: - An available route into and through the system.
• Handy light switches, electrical outlets, thermostats and other ecological controls.
• Reinforced bathroom walls to enable later fitting of grab bars and.
• Bathroom and kitchens that can be used by people in wheelchairs.
  
  If a building with 4 or more units has no elevator and were all set for first usage after March 13, 1991, these requirements use to ground flooring units.
  
  These must-haves for new structures do not replace any more stringent requirements in State or local law.
  
  Housing Opportunities for Families
  
  Unless a structure or community qualifies as housing for older persons, it might not discriminate based on familial status. That is, it may not discriminate versus households in which one or more kids under 18 deal with:
  
  - A moms and dad.
• An individual who has legal custody of the kid or children or.
• The designee of the moms and dad or legal custodian, with the parent or custodian's composed authorization.
  
  Familial status defense likewise applies to pregnant women and anybody protecting legal custody of a child under 18.
  
  Exemption: Housing for older persons is exempt from the ban versus familial status discrimination if:
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  - The HUD Secretary has chosen that it is specially developed for and inhabited by senior individuals under a Federal, State or city government program or.
• It is inhabited entirely by persons who are 62 or older or.
• It houses a minimum of a single person who is 55 or older in a minimum of 80 percent of the occupied systems. It needs to also stick to a policy that shows an intent to house persons who are 55 or older.
  
  A shift period allows citizens on or before September 13, 1988, to continue residing in the housing, no matter their age, without hindering the exemption.
  
  If you think your rights have actually been broken ... The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), a Kansas or regional fair housing company is all set to assist you submit a problem, or you can request legal support from KLS online or call the application line at 1-800-723-6953. Browse the web to HUD to learn how to submit a grievance.
  
  What to Tell HUD
  
  - Your name and address.
• The name and address of the individual your grievance protests (the respondent).
• The address or other description of the housing involved.
• A short description of the supposed infraction (the occasion that triggered you to think your rights were violated).
• The date of the alleged infraction
  
  Where to Write or Call:
  
  Send a letter to the fair housing office nearby you, or if you want, you may call that workplace straight.
  
  Great Plains Office-- Fair Housing Hub
  
  U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development,
  
  Gateway Tower II, 400 State Avenue, Room 200, 4th Floor,
  
  Kansas City, KS 66101-2406
  
  Telephone (913) 551-6958 or 1-800-743-5323
  
  Fax (913) 551-6856
  
  TTY (913) 551-6972
  
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