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• A Disabled Tenant’s Rights to A Reasonable Accommodation

  Information from MidPenn Legal Services on when a tenant may be eligible for a reasonable accommodation from a landlord when renting a home or apartment. [PDF] Content Detail

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  MidPenn Legal Services

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  Spanish / Español

• Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing

  Information from the Fair Housing Law Center on the Department of Housing and Urban Development's mandate to administer the Department’s housing and urban development programs in a manner to affirmatively further fair housing. Content Detail

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  Fair Housing Law Center

• Fair Housing Guide

  This Fair Housing Guide from Fair Housing Law Center is designed to provide the necessary information, tools, and resources needed to identify and report possible incidents of housing discrimination. [PDF] Content Detail

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  Fair Housing Law Center

• Reasonable Accommodations

  Information from the Fair Housing Law Center about what are reasonable accommodations and when can you ask for and get them. Content Detail

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  Fair Housing Law Center

• Reasonable Modifications

  Information from the Fair Housing Law Center on reasonable modifications, which are defined as structural changes made to existing premises, occupied or to be occupied by a person with a disability, in order to afford such person full enjoyment of the premises. Content Detail

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  Fair Housing Law Center

• Request for Reasonable Accommodation

  This form prepares a "Request for Reasonable Accommodation" for disabled tenants in Pennsylvania. You can send the request to a landlord, if you need changes to your rental unit or rental program because of your disability. IMPORTANT: This is NOT a fill-in-the-blank form. To use this form, you must have Internet Explorer and Microsoft Word installed on the computer you are using. Read More

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  North Penn Legal Services

• What Is Fair Housing?

  Information from the Fair Housing Law Center on the provisions of the Fair Housing Act that prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of dwellings based on membership in certain protected classes. Content Detail

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  Fair Housing Law Center

• Fair Housing -- It's Your Right (Video)

  Description of the protection from housing discrimination offered by the Fair Housing Act from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Read More

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  U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

• The Fair Housing Act: An Overview for People with Disabililties

  This Fact Sheet from Disability Rights Pennsylvania provides a brief overview of the rights and remedies afforded by the Fair Housing Act to people with disabilities. [PDF] Content Detail

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  Disability Rights Pennsylvania

• A Place of My Own - How The ADA Is Creating Integrated Housing Opportunities For People With Mental Illnesse

  Information from the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law on the how the “integration mandate" of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which requires public entities to administer their services to individuals with disabilities in the most integrated setting appropriate to their needs, should be applied to housing. [PDF] Content Detail

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  Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law

• What "Fair Housing" Means for People with Disabilities

  This booklet from the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law is written for people with disabilities who want to rent a home. It will help you recognize illegal discrimination and put an end to it. [PDF] Content Detail

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  Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law

• The Fair Housing Act

  Information on housing discrimination and the Fair Housing Act from the U.S. Department of Justice. Content Detail

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  U.S. Department of Justice

• Discrimination and Erie Human Relations Commission (Audio-MP3) audio

  Episode of Northwestern Legal Services' "Access to Justice" Radio show broadcast on JET 1400 AM in Erie, PA on 3-27-2008. Information regarding discrimination, specifically relating to education, housing and sexual orientation, how to file a complaint with the Erie (PA) Human Relations Commission. Read More

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  Northwestern Legal Services

• Discriminatory Zoning and the Fair Housing Act

  This booklet from Disability Rights Pennsylvania is designed to acquaint people with disabilities, advocates, providers, and attorneys with the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 and, in particular, its impact on state and local zoning laws and land use regulations. [PDF] Content Detail

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  Disability Rights Pennsylvania

• Fair Housing: Equal Opportunity for All

  Information on the Fair Housing Act from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. [PDF] Content Detail

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  U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

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