The federal Fair Housing Act, Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, was planned to protect the buyer/renter of a home from seller/landlord discrimination. The law was the result of a civil liberties project against housing discrimination in the United States. It was authorized, at the advising of President Lyndon B. Johnson, just one week after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

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

HUD examines grievances of housing discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, special needs, or familial status. At no cost to you, HUD will explore the complaint and try to deal with the matter with both celebrations. The procedure to submit a problem is covered below.

NOTE: If you want to discover more about your rights as a tenant in Kansas, read this Kansas Tenant Handbook. It was originally published by the Kansas agency Housing and Credit Counseling, Inc. (HCCI), which helps people in Kansas with a range of customer concerns.

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

This video discuss discrimination in Idaho, but it also uses to Kansas and other states too. If you feel you have been a victim of housing discrimination because of LGBTQ status, you can request help from KLS online or call the application line at 316-267-3975. Or you can learn how to file a complaint straight with HUD by going here.

What Housing Is Covered?

The Fair Housing Act covers most housing Sometimes, the Act excuses owner-occupied buildings with no more than 4 units, single-family housing sold or leased without a broker, and housing operated by companies and private clubs that restrict occupancy to members.

What Is Prohibited?

In the Sale and Rental of Housing: Nobody might take any of the following actions based upon race, color, nationwide origin, faith, sex, familial status or handicap:

- Refuse to lease or sell housing

• Refuse to imagine housing.
• Make housing unavailable
• Deny a dwelling
• Set various terms, conditions or benefits for sale or leasing of a residence
• Provide different housing services or centers
• Falsely deny that housing is open for assessment, sale, or rental
• For profit, convince owners to offer or rent (blockbusting) or
• Deny anybody access to or subscription in a facility or service (such as a numerous listing service) related to the sale or rental of housing.
  
  In Mortgage Lending: No one may take any of the following actions based upon race, color, nationwide origin, religious beliefs, sex, familial status or handicap (disability):
  
  - Refuse to make a mortgage loan
• Refuse to provide details about loans
• Impose various terms or conditions on a loan, such as different rates of interest, points, or costs
• Discriminate in evaluating residential or commercial property
• Refuse to purchase a loan or
• Set various terms or conditions for buying a loan.
  
  In Addition: It is prohibited for anybody to:
  
  - Threaten, push, bully or disrupt anyone applying a fair housing right or assisting others who exercise that right
• Advertise or make any statement that suggests a cap or choice based on race, color, nationwide origin, religion, sex, familial status, or handicap. This bar against inequitable advertising applies 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 someone gotten in touch with you:
  
  - Have a physical or mental disability (including hearing, mobility and visual problems, chronic alcohol addiction, persistent mental disorder, AIDS, AIDS Related Complex and psychological retardation) that greatly limits several major life activities
• Have a record of such a special needs or
• Are considered as having such a disability
  
  Your property manager might not:
  
  - Refuse to let you make realistic modifications to your home or typical use areas, at your cost, if required for the handicapped person to use the housing. (Where rational, the proprietor might permit modifications only if you accept restore the residential or commercial property to its initial condition when you move.).
• Refuse to make reasonable variations in rules, policies, practices or services if for the disabled individual to utilize the housing.
  
  Example: A structure with a 'no pets' policy should permit an aesthetically impaired renter to keep a guide canine.
  
  Example: Let's state an apartment complex uses renters sufficient, unassigned parking. They must honor a bid from a mobility-impaired renter for a reserved area near her house if it is needed to assure that she can have access to her home.
  
  However, housing need not be made vacant to an individual who is a direct threat to the health or safety of others or who now utilizes controlled substances.
  
  Requirements for New Buildings
  
  In buildings that were prepared for very first use after March 13, 1991, and have an elevator and four or more units:
  
  - Public and typical locations need to be convenient to persons with impairments.
• Doors and hallways need to be broad enough for wheelchairs.
• All systems must have: - An available path into and through the system.
• Handy light switches, electrical outlets, thermostats and other environmental controls.
• Reinforced restroom walls to permit later fitting of grab bars and.
• Kitchens and bathrooms that can be used by individuals in wheelchairs.
  
  If a structure with 4 or more systems has no elevator and were ready for very first usage after March 13, 1991, these standards apply to ground floor systems.
  
  These must-haves for new structures do not replace any more rigid standards in State or regional law.
  
  Housing Opportunities for Families
  
  Unless a structure or neighborhood qualifies as housing for older persons, it may not discriminate based upon familial status. That is, it may not victimize families in which one or more kids under 18 live with:
  
  - A parent.
• An individual who has legal custody of the child or children or.
• The designee of the parent or legal custodian, with the moms and dad or custodian's written approval.
  
  Familial status protection also applies to pregnant women and anyone protecting legal custody of a child under 18.
  
  Exemption: Housing for older individuals is exempt from the ban against familial status discrimination if:
  
  - The HUD Secretary has actually decided that it is specially designed for and inhabited by seniors under a Federal, State or city government program or.
• It is occupied exclusively by persons who are 62 or older or.
• It houses at least one individual who is 55 or older in a minimum of 80 percent of the occupied units. It needs to also stick to a policy that shows an intent to house individuals who are 55 or older.
  
  A shift period permits homeowners on or before September 13, 1988, to continue residing in the housing, no matter their age, without hindering the exemption.
  
  If you believe your rights have been breached ... The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), a Kansas or local fair housing firm is ready to help you file a complaint, or you can make an application for legal assistance from KLS online or call the application line at 1-800-723-6953. Browse the web to HUD to discover how to submit a grievance.
  
  What to Tell HUD
  
  - Your name and address.
• The name and address of the person your grievance protests (the participant).
• The address or other description of the housing involved.
• A brief description of the supposed violation (the occasion that triggered you to believe your rights were broken).
• The date of the alleged offense
  
  Where to Write or Call:
  
  Send a letter to the reasonable housing office closest you, or if you wish, 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, fourth Floor,
  
  Kansas City, KS 66101-2406
  
  Telephone (913) 551-6958 or 1-800-743-5323
  
  Fax (913) 551-6856
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  TTY (913) 551-6972
  
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