Federal anti-discrimination laws protect individuals from housing discrimination. It is illegal to discriminate based on certain protected characteristics, which include, but are not limited to: race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability and family status. You may also be granted additional rights and protections under state law.
We fully support the protections granted by the Fair Housing Act and federal, state and local fair housing and anti-discriminatory laws that protect our communities when they engage in housing-related activities.
Anyone who feels they have been discriminated against may file a complaint of housing discrimination with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
If you live in the following areas/states: | Call the toll-free telephone number |
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Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont | (800) 827-5005 |
New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands | (800) 496-4294 |
Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia | (888) 799-2085 |
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee | (800) 440-8091 |
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin | (800) 765-9372 |
Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas | (888) 560-8913 |
Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska | (800) 743-5323 |
Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming | (800) 877-7353 |
American Samoa, Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Nevada | (800) 347-3739 |
Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington | (800) 877-0246 |
Please check the following list of state fair housing laws and related notices to see if your state has any specific information it wants to be made available to all persons seeking housing accommodations or seeking to engage in residential real estate-related transactions or brokerage services, by every real estate broker or agent, home builder, home mortgage lender, and all other persons who buy, sell, transfer, rent, or finance real estate.
State | Requires State Specific Notice? | Documentation | Statute |
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ALABAMA | No | N/A | N/A |
ALASKA | No | N/A | N/A |
ARIZONA | No | Fair Housing Brochure | N/A |
ARKANSAS | No | N/A | N/A |
CALIFORNIA | No | Fair Housing Fact Sheet | N/A |
COLORADO | Yes | Housing Discrimination Poster | 3 CCR 708-1 Rule 20.2 |
CONNECTICUT | No | Fair Housing Poster | N/A |
DELAWARE | No | N/A | N/A |
FLORIDA | No | N/A | N/A |
GEORGIA | No | N/A | N/A |
HAWAII | No | N/A | N/A |
IDAHO | No | N/A | N/A |
ILLINOIS | No | Fair Housing is Your Right | N/A |
INDIANA | Yes | Unavailable online, displayed in statutory code | Indiana Administrative Code Sec. 910 IAC 2-9-1 |
IOWA | No | No | N/A |
KANSAS | Yes | Wanted: Fair Housing | Kansas Statute 44-1001*
The statute does not itself mandate this notice, but various retailers have cited the notice as a requirement. |
KENTUCKY | Yes | Equal Housing Opportunity | 104 KAR 1:010(1)(3) |
LOUISIANA | No | N/A | N/A |
MAINE | No | Equal Housing Opportunity | N/A |
MARYLAND | No | No | N/A |
MASSACHUSETTS | Yes | Fair Housing Law | Massachusetts General Laws, G.L. c. 151B §7 |
MICHIGAN | No | N/A | N/A |
MINNESOTA | No | N/A | N/A |
MISSISSIPPI | No | N/A | N/A |
MISSOURI | Yes | Discrimination in Housing | 8 CSR 60-3.010 |
MONTANA | No | N/A | N/A |
NEBRASKA | No | N/A | N/A |
NEVADA | No | N/A | N/A |
NEW HAMPSHIRE | Yes | Equal Opportunity to Housing | RSA 354-A:23 |
NEW JERSEY | Yes | Discrimination in Housing Poster | N.J.A.C 13:8-1.3 |
NEW MEXICO | No | N/A | N/A |
NEW YORK | Yes | NYS Housing and Anti-Discrimination Notice | 19 NYCRR, Sec. 175.28 |
NORTH CAROLINA | No | N/A | N/A |
NORTH DAKOTA | No | Fair Housing in ND | N/A |
OHIO | No | Example by Real Estate Commission | N/A |
OKLAHOMA | No | N/A | N/A |
OREGON | No | N/A | |
PENNSYLVANIA | Yes | Pennsylvania Fair Housing Practices | Pennsylvania Human Relations Act Section 5 |
RHODE ISLAND | No | N/A | N/A |
SOUTH CAROLINA | No | N/A | N/A |
SOUTH DAKOTA | No | N/A | N/A |
TENNESSEE | Yes | Tennessee Fair Housing Poster | Rules of Human Rights Commission, 1500-01-02-.01[15 – 16]) |
TEXAS | No | N/A | N/A |
UTAH | No | N/A | N/A |
VERMONT | No | N/A | N/A |
VIRGINIA | No | Fair Housing in Virginia | N/A |
WASHINGTON | No | We Believe in Fair Housing | N/A |
WEST VIRGINIA | No | Fair Housing | N/A |
WISCONSIN | No | Wisconsin Fair Housing Law | N/A |
WYOMING | No | N/A | N/A |
District of Columbia | No | Fair Housing Law Poster | N/A |
Federal Government | Yes | Department of Housing and Urban Development -Fair Housing Poster | 24 C.F.R Part 110 |