OUR POLICY

My DFW Apartment supports the Fair Housing Act and all other federal, state, and local laws related to equal housing opportunity. All properties displayed on rentmoney.com are available on an equal opportunity basis.

 

YOUR RIGHTS AS A RENTER

Property owners and managers are subject to The Fair Housing Act, The Civil Rights Act of 1866, The Americans With Disabilities Act, The Equal Credit Opportunity Act, and various state and local laws. As a renter, you have the right to expect that apartment housing will be available to you without discrimination or other limitations based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin. This includes the right to expect equal professional service, the opportunity to consider a broad range of housing choices, no discriminatory limitations on communities or locations of housing, no discrimination in the pricing or financing of housing, reasonable accommodations in rules, practices, and procedures for persons with disabilities, and to be free from harassment or intimidation for exercising your fair housing rights.

 

PROPERTY OWNERS' AND MANAGERS' RESPONSIBILITY

As a landlord, property owner, or property manager, you have a responsibility and a requirement under the law not to discriminate in the rental of property on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin. You cannot instruct your agent to convey on your behalf any limitations in the rental because your agent is bound by law not to discriminate. Agents in a rental transaction are prohibited by law from discriminating on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin. They are prohibited from complying with a request from the property owner or manager to act in a discriminatory manner in the lease or rental. Moreover, a property owner or manager cannot establish discriminatory terms or conditions in the purchase or rental, deny that housing is available, or advertise that the property is available only to persons of a certain race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national original.

 

UNDERSTANDING THE LAW

When it comes to buying, selling or leasing a home or renting an apartment, several state and federal laws were enacted to ensure the equal opportunity in housing for all people. The Civil Rights Act of 1966 prohibits all racial discrimination in the sale or rental of property. Moreover, the Fair Housing Act declares a national policy of fair housing throughout the United States, making illegal any discrimination in the sale, lease or rental of housing, or making housing otherwise unavailable, because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin. Other laws also impact the purchase, sale or lease of a home or renting an apartment. Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits discrimination against persons with disabilities in places of public accommodations and commercial facilities. The Equal Credit Opportunity Act makes discrimination unlawful with respect to any aspect of a credit application on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, age or because all or part of the applicants income derives from any public assistance program. In addition, state and local laws often provide broader coverage and prohibit discrimination based on additional classes not covered by federal law. If You Suspect Discrimination Complaints alleging discrimination in housing may be filed with the nearest office of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), or by calling HUD at (800) 669-9777, or by contacting them via their website athttp://www.hud.gov/complaints/housediscrim.cfm

 

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