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Report Housing Discrimination

If you believe your rights might have been broken, we encourage you to report housing discrimination. Because there are time frame on when an allegation can be filed with HUD after an alleged infraction, you should report housing discrimination as soon as possible. When reporting housing discrimination, please provide as much details as possible, including:

Your name and address

The name and address of the individual(s) or organization your allegation is against

The address or other identification of the housing or program involved

A brief description of the occasion(s) that trigger you to believe your rights were violated

The date(s) of the supposed violation

Online

You can Report Housing Discrimination with FHEO online in English (likewise readily available in Español, 中文, Tiếng Việt, 한국인, العربية, Русский, ខ ម រ, and Soomaali)

Report Now > or

Phone

We speak your language! Talk with an FHEO consumption specialist by calling:

1-800-669-9777

or

Mail

You can print out this form (also readily available in Español, 中文, Tiếng Việt, 한국인, العربية, Русский, ខ ម រ, and Soomaali) and mail it to your local FHEO office at the address on this list.

Assistance for Persons with Disabilities

HUD welcomes and is prepared to get calls from individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, as well as individuals with speech or interaction impairments. To read more about how to make an available phone conversation, please see Telecommunications Relay Service - TRS.

Assistance for Persons with Limited English Proficiency

You can report housing discrimination in any language. For persons with limited English proficiency, HUD supplies interpreters. HUD also provides a Spanish language variation of the online report housing discrimination kind. You can find descriptions of your reasonable housing rights in numerous languages aside from English here.

It is prohibited to retaliate versus any individual for making an allegation, affirming, helping, or taking part in any way in a proceeding under HUD's accusation process at any time, even after the examination has been completed. The Fair Housing Act likewise makes it illegal to strike back versus anybody because that person reported an inequitable practice to a housing provider or other authority. The Violence Against Women Act likewise makes it unlawful for a public housing agency, owner, or manager of housing assisted under a VAWA covered housing program to strike back versus someone for looking for or exercising VAWA protections for themself or another. This includes defense for individuals who testify, assist, or take part in any VAWA matter by themselves, or another's, behalf. If you believe you have actually experienced retaliation, you can report housing discrimination.

FHEO examines claims, which may be one or both of the following types:

Discrimination in leasing or buying a home, getting a mortgage, looking for housing help, or taking part in other housing-related activities

Fair Housing Act (race, color, nationwide origin, religious beliefs, sex, disability, familial status)

Anyone who has been or will be harmed by a prejudiced housing practice

Residential or commercial property owners, residential or commercial property managers, designers, property representatives, mortgage lending institutions, homeowners associations, insurance coverage service providers, and others who impact housing opportunities

Discrimination and other violations of civil liberties in HUD programs (for instance, failure to guarantee meaningful gain access to by persons with minimal English proficiency)

Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (race, color, national origin)