Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO)

The Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) administers and enforces federal laws and establishes policies that make sure all Americans have equal access to the housing of their choice. Learn more about FHEO.
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HUD CHARGES WISCONSIN PROPERTY OWNERS, MANAGER WITH DISCRIMINATION AGAINST FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN. HUD has charged the owners and the manager of a Milwaukee, Wisconsin-area rental property with violating the Fair Housing Act, in refusing to rent to a woman because she has minor children. In a telephone conversation, the property manager allegedly told the applicant the property did not accept families with children. The property manager also told a tester posing as an applicant, “we don’t really rent to kids.” Read the Charge.

HUD CHARGES OWNERS, MANAGERS OF LAS VEGAS CONDO COMPLEX FOR DENIAL OF ACCESSIBLE PARKING SPACE. HUD has charged the owners and managers of Las Vegas, Nevada, condominium complex with violating the Fair Housing Act for denying an assigned parking space to a disabled resident whose garage had suffered water damage. Read the charge.


HUD CHARGES PUERTO RICO DEVELOPER AND HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION WITH DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION. HUD has charged a housing developer and a homeowners’ association in Toa Alto, Puerto Rico, with violating the Fair Housing Act, for requiring a disabled homeowner to remove balustrades he installed to assist him in entering and exiting his home.Read the Charge . Read the press release.
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HUD launches new Ad campaign to fight lending discrimination

Last year, 10,000 people filed complaints claiming housing discrimination, HUD says

Housing discrimination suits target online advertisements

Read the National Public Radio (NPR) story titled "How Has the Fair Housing Act Fared?"

Read the State of Fair Housing: FY 2007 Annual Report on Fair Housing.

Gannett News Service took a comprehensive look at housing discrimination and ran an in-depth database report featured on its website. View the Closed Doors report.

Meet Franklin, the Fair Housing Fox, FHEO's First-Ever Fair Housing Mascot!

Fair Housing Education Day in America



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