Questions tagged [fair-housing-acts]
Questions involving statutes that govern rental, lease, and sale of housing.
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HOA Prohibits "Large Families"
My wife and I have found a vacant lot (this is in Utah, BTW) where we would like to build a house. However, the HOA that the lot belongs to does not allow more than four occupants, regardless of the ...
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How can roomate finder offer an 'LGBT household' option for filtering potential roomates without violating USA's fair housing act?
The title sort of says it all. I was using a roommate finding/room rental app when I noticed it had an option to filter for 'LGBT housing'. The Fair Housing Act forbids discriminating against sex, ...
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Is occupation distinct from "source of income"?
As per California Government Code, section 12955, it's illegal to discriminate housing accommodation based on the source of income.
However, what about the occupation itself? For example, is it ...
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Leased apartment changed management. Is requiring in-person payment unreasonable?
I live in a college town in California with a leased apartment. On June 26th, a noticed (in paper) was posted on our doors that the apartment complexes have been sold, effective immediately.
Part of ...
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How long is it legal for a landlord to leave tenants without heating?
If a UK tenant has no heating or hot water due to fault with the boiler or otherwise, I understand that the landlord is liable to repair this under the Landlord and Tenant Act (1985). I've read from ...
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Tennants have not been informed that the house has been sold
I rent a house that the landlord is trying to sell, and the landlord said I have 3 months to leave from when he has found a buyer.
The estate agents have found a buyer, but they have not yet informed ...
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UK Housing Law - Section 21 Housing Act 1988 - The Tenants Rights
As we know, section 21 of the Housing Act 1988 outlines what steps a Landlord can take in order to regain possession of his property. My question is in relation of the rights of the tenant being asked ...
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Is it legal to restrict housing to certain occupations?
I've spoken with a landowner in the rural area of Saratoga, California, who owns a single parcel with more land than he knows what to do with, and I asked him why doesn't he build an MDU or some such, ...
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Do “out-of-pocket expenses” typically include someone’s time?
The Residential Tenancies Act (2006) of Ontario states the following:
A landlord may charge a tenant only for the landlord’s reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in giving consent to an ...
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Does fair housing law prevent landlords from making deals?
I've had a couple of negotiation dealings with various corporate landlords (for residential housing) in a couple of states, and, basically, every time I would try to negotiate any sort of a remotely ...
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How can universities legally discriminate against a sex when filling dorms?
Landlords are not allowed to discrimate against a sex when renting to tenants as this is one of the protected classes.
How do universities get away with discriminating against a sex when filling ...
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Religious Freedom, Housing, and Apostasy
I was raised in the LDS (Mormon) church and am an official member. I am currently attending college and rooming in an apartment complex owned by said church. To make a long story short, I am now ...
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Is it ever legally permitted for a landlord to withold/seize a tenant's posessions in exchange for owed rent arrears?
From everything I've seen online, it seems not, but I've heard a few credible individuals claim that they are allowed to do that. I think there must be some kernel of truth in it, or I wouldn't have ...
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Does the Fair Housing Act restrict landlords from offering incentives to educated tenants?
Can a landlord in the U.S. offer a special deal to move in tenants who, let's say, have Ph.D.s or Master's degrees? Is this legal?
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New York City- Tenant Rights
I have a question regarding tenant's rights under a leased property; I can't seem to find the answer anywhere online.
What are the obligations of a tenant in a 1yr lease to provide notice of vacating ...
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Interpretation of termination clause of a License to Occupy
I find myself in a situation where I need to end my Licence to occupy contract for a property in London UK, 2 months in advance to the initially projected date. The licensor refuses to accept this and ...
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Can you refuse to rent to students in Texas?
I was recently looking for a new place to rent in Richardson, TX when one of the places I had contacted took me by surprise by opening with “no students” amongst a few other requirements. Is this ...
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Is there any law in the Unites States (in NYC) requiring plumbing inspections after ___ years in apartment buildings?
I live in Brooklyn, NY and recently my apartment unit toilet had a minor clog and overflow (when I wasn’t home) that the landlord is insisting has caused water damage in his basement (I saw there was ...
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Are these HOA rules legal?
Many condo associations and HOAs restrict renting to some extent. Is it legal for a condo association or HOA to allow renting, yet impose some or all of these rules:
The minimum amount of rent you ...
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Applicability of Fair Housing Act to cooperative housing
In Fair Housing Council v. Roommate.com, the 9th circuit held that the Fair Housing Act did not apply to the selection of roommates. The gist, if I read correctly, is that FHA was not intended to ...
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Does the Fair Housing Act protect more privileged groups
A legal professional friend of mine recently told me that when a cooperative housing organization is considering whether to offer a lease to an applicant, it is OK for those deciding to make ...
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Does "Roommate Law" apply to Mitchell Lama apartments in NYC
New York State has a law that says that landlords cannot prevent tenants from having a roommate.
http://codes.findlaw.com/ny/real-property-law/rpp-sect-235-f.html
Does this apply to the Mitchell ...
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NYC homeless shelter to housing application, food stamps required?
The question is in regards to one in a homeless shelter in the NYC system, which officially is supposed to help the people find some kind of government housing if that person is working etc and some ...
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Landlord notice to quit when planning to leave
I have been living in apartment complex with two other roommates without any issues for two years, paying our rent on time. We were initially on a yearly lease and have since switched to a month to ...
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reasonable accommodations for housing for people with disabilities
I recently applied for an apartment and I passed the background check, income requirements, and rental history, however I did not pass the credit check. I do NOT have any evictions OR repossessions on ...
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seller didn't disclose smoke smell in the house
I bought a house 3 weeks ago, and after moving in, I found there's smoke smell in the house, like tobaccos, although I didn't notice that during the home inspection or the final walk through.
I ...
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Is it legal to rent exclusively to members of a religious college?
According to the Civil Rights act, one is not allowed to discriminate based on religion when it comes to housing.
What about one who wants to rent only to members of a certain religious institution (...
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Can I sublet my apartment for the full lease amount and then live there effectively for free?
If I'm leasing a 2 bedroom apartment, can I sublet for the full amount of the lease, then live in the other room for free? Can the person I'm subletting to have a legal right to kick me out, even ...
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Mandatory rent increase in tenancy agreement? (UK)
I'm considering entering into a tenancy agreement as a private tenant for a house; this is quite a high value rental, around the top 1% of the market. I have not yet paid over the holding deposit, ...
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Equivalents to California's Ellis Act
According to Wikipedia,
The Ellis Act (California Government Code Chapter 12.75)1 is a 1985 California state law that allows landlords to evict residential tenants to "go out of the rental business"...
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I was lead to believe I signed a housing lease, but read the contract and found out I signed a limited license housing agreement. Is this legal?
I was recently served a complaint stating I owe one year's rent on a housing lease I mistakenly renewed.I did not live on the property the whole year. When reading the contract, it states that this ...
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Is "US Citizenship required" a legal qualification for jobs, housing, etc.?
Despite what the DoJ or EEOC might say about employment discrimination (or perhaps because of broad terms in the exceptions), I see various jobs, housing, grants, and other opportunities, advertised ...
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Any cases in UK that the student is partly refunded with the student housing payments for not able to obtain a visa or other reasons like COVID?
Scenario: A student signed a contract with a Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) in London, with the term starting Dec 2020. The student was not able to obtain the tier 4 visa on time. The ...
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Can I ask for disclosure of CCTV to be used in Appeal against Possession order in UK
A district Judge made an unfair and biased possession order to make me homeless despite I provided large volume of evidence such as digitally dated photos, Facebook photos, over than 8 neighbours ...
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Landlord promised partial refund of apartment rent - how can I enforce this?
I currently live in Germany and I have rented an apartment for three months with monthly cost 450 euros. The deposit/caution was 1,200 euros.
My problem is that my landlord (let's call him Bob) is ...
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What are the prerequisites for a group to be considered a protected class?
Googling and looking online at fair house law and so forth have not yielded any information on the conditions needed to be met for a group to be protected under fair house and considered a protected ...
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24 hour "gym" In the city
Lets say someone opens up a 24 hour "gym" installs security cameras everywhere has a couple of bathrooms but the place is made up mostly of rows and rows of couches and some workout ...
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(UK) How to negotiation rent abatement and/or inconvenience compensation due to urgent disruptive flat repair?
TL;DR: Upstairs neighbour renovation discovered a structural damage that affects my privately rented flat. Week-long very disruptive repair pending whilst I have to teach from home with no where else ...
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Is it okay not to refund token money?
Last week we had a verbal commitment with our prospective buyer regarding our 3BHK apartment in Bangalore and we were happy that they were interested to buy our house. We did not took any token money ...
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UK London - Tenancy Agreement - 2 Months notice on fixed term end
Backstory : 1 month before my Fixed Term ends, my landlord called me and said that he would be increasing the price of property, which basically made me start looking for other properties.
After 6 ...
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Is it permissible by law to charge tenants for additional roommates?
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I plan to purchase a single family home and rent it out to university students. Originally, it was expected that there would be one student per room (as communal areas would be sized ...
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Is there any legal avenue for declaration of residence in Denmark with the right to not have a home?
This website (https://international.kk.dk/cpr-number) clearly states a condition for officially becoming a resident in Denmark and getting a CPR number is that you have an actual residence, a place to ...
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