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• 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 is Your Right - Use It! (Video)

  Federal, state and local laws promote fair housing and prohibit housing discrimination. This video from North Penn Legal Services explains your right to Fair Housing. Read More

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  North Penn Legal Services

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Housing Discrimination Complaint - U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

  Information on how to file a housing discrimination complaint online with U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development using Housing Discrimination Complaint, Form HUD-903.1. Online version also available in Spanish. Other foreign language versions of the complaint form are available for download. Content Detail

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  U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

  Read this in:

  Arabic / العربية

  Spanish / Español

  Cambodian / Khmer

  Korean / 한국어

  Russian / Pусский

  Vietnamese / Tiếng Việt

  Chinese (Traditional) / 中文

• 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 (Philadelphia)

• 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 (Philadelphia)

• You Cannot be Denied Housing Because of Your Disability or Need for a Support or Service Animal (Video)

  Under the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, you cannot be denied housing because of your need for a support or service animal. This video from the PA Human Relations Commission explains your rights. Read More

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  Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission

• Fair Housing Videos for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

  The National Fair Housing Alliance, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, has created of 12 videos in American Sign Language (ASL) with English captioning that provide critical legal and practical information on fair housing issues in a format accessible to persons who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing. Read More

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  National Fair Housing Alliance

• 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

• 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

• 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