Looking for a housing counselor or want to learn more about your fair housing rights? The answer may be on your smart phone or tablet! Recently, HUD launched two new mobile apps designed to help consumers learn about and enforce their housing rights and how to get the help they need from hundreds of HUD-approved [...]
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If you happen to be out searching for a home or an apartment, and have questions about whether a lender can deny you a loan because you are on maternity leave or whether a landlord has the right to deny you a service animal, you may want to check out a new app that can [...]
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Great strides have been made toward ending discrimination in housing since passage of the Fair Housing Act in 1968. Unfortunately, discrimination continues, often in subtle forms. I’m proud to announce that today HUD took an important step forward in our continuing efforts to expose and end discrimination in housing, through the issuance of a rule [...]
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Christmas comes but once a year, and when it comes it brings good cheer. Although I’d like to think this holds true for everyone, I know there are some people who struggle during this time of year. Whether it’s dealing with the loss of a loved one, overall depression or just stress that comes with [...]
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On October 23, HUD reached an agreement with the Houston Housing Authority resolving allegations that the housing authority discriminated against a deaf resident by refusing to provide her with an interpreter at a hearing to determine her continued eligibility for HUD’s Housing Choice Voucher program. The resident was allegedly forced to rely on her daughter, [...]
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