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        • Section 8 Owner Manual
        • Landlord Partnership Program
        • Landlord Newsletters
        • HUD
        • Go Section 8
        • Utility Allowance Schedules
        • More Resources
      • Ownership Change
      • HQS Inspection
      • Rent Reasonableness Determination
      • HAP Contract
      • Request Rent Increase
    • Participants >
      • Eligibility Screening
      • Qualifying for Housing
      • Transfer Process
      • Reasonable Accommodation
      • Informal Reviews and Hearings
      • Portability
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    • Section3 >
      • Section 3 Covered Contracting Opportunities
    • Maintenance Service Charges
    • Fraud and Abuse
    • Resident Newsletter
    • Forms
    • Other Resources
    • GGV Revitalization Phase 1 >
      • GGV Revitalization Phase 2
  • Waitlist
    • Waiting List
  • Resident Services
    • Supportive Housing Program >
      • Shelter Plus Care Program
      • Family Self Sufficiency Program (FSS)
      • HOPWA
    • Resident Advisory Board (RAB) >
      • Schedule
      • Minutes
      • Roster
  • Homeownership
    • Below Market Rate Homeownership Program >
      • Affordable housing and home buyer Readiness Program
      • 2018 BMR Lottery Drawings
      • 2019 BMR Lottery Drawings
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    • Mortgage Credit Certificate Program
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Fair Housing

​On April 11, 1968, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1968. With Title VIII of this Act, commonly referred to as the Fair Housing Law, Congress declared a national policy of providing fair housing throughout the United States. The Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination in housing because of:Race or Color
  • National Origin
  • Religion
  • Sex
  • Familial Status (including children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians; pregnant women and people securing custody of children under the age of 18) 
  • Handicap ​​
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In the sale and rental of housing, no one may discriminate by taking any of the following actions:
  • Refusing to rent or sell housing
  • Refusing to negotiate housing
  • Making housing unavailable
  • Denying a dwelling
  • Setting different terms, conditions or privileges for sale or rental of a dwelling
  • Providing different housing services or facilities -
  • Falsely denying that housing is available for inspection, sale or rental
  • For profit, persuade owners to sell or rent (blockbusting)
  • Denying anyone access to or membership in a facility or service (such as a multiple listing service) related to the sale or rental of housing

If you do not currently have a policy to ensure the objective and non-discriminatory selection of families, you should consider developing one. Such a policy will be to your advantage because, in promoting fair housing, you will minimize your exposure to unfounded housing discrimination complaints. After all, fair housing is a right afforded to all persons seeking housing, whether they are Housing Choice Program participants or private market renters. It is your obligation as a landlord to comply with the law that guarantees this right. 
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Phone: (415) 491-2525
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