- Fair Housing Project
- Agency Resources
- Fair Housing Laws, Cases and HUD Policies
- Affirmative Fair Housing and Community Policies
- Persons with Disabilities
Agency Resources
- California Attorney General
- Unlawful Discrimination: Your Rights And Remedies - Civil Rights Handbook
- includes Fair Housing subsection.
- Unlawful Discrimination: Your Rights And Remedies - Civil Rights Handbook
- California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH)
- California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD)
- CivilRights.Org - a partnership of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR) and the Leadership Conference of Civil Rights Education Fund (LCCREF)
- Teaching Fair Housing Lesson Plan - teaching materials on fair housing and diversity issues developed by the Leadership Conference Education Fund.
- Fairhousinglaw.org - award-winning fair housing campaign sponsored by HUD, Ad Council, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund, and National Fair Housing Alliance.
- Fair Housing Legal Support Center - operated by the John Marshall School of Law in Chicago, links to cases and other fair housing resources.
- HUD Resources
- Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Library
- Fair Housing - It's Your Right
- Fair Lending
- Housing Discrimination Complaints
- Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO)
- Oficina de Equidad de Vivienda e Igualdad de Oportunidades (FHEO) - Spanish-language version of FHEO site, above.
- Tenant's Rights and Responsibilities (multi-family projects)
- National Fair Housing Alliance
- National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty
- National Fair Housing Advocate Online
- Rural Housing Services (FmHA) @ USDA Rural Development Online
- "Civil Rights - It's the Law" Brochure
- Civil Rights Laws' Accessibility Requirments for the Multifamily Housing Program (Appendix 5, Handbook 3560)
- Civil Rights Regulations (7 CFR § 3560.2) @ e-CFR
- Fair Housing Regulations (7 CFR § 3560.104) @ e-CFR
- MOU between HUD and USDA re Investigation of Housing Discrimination Complaints
- U.S. Department of Justice
Fair Housing Laws, Cases and HUD Policies
- Fair Housing in California: Families with Children ~ A Manual for Housing Providers, Tenants and Advocates (2004) - plain-language but authoritative 81-page manual published by the Fair Housing Project.
- California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH)
- Housing and Civil Enforcement Cases @ U.S. Department of Justice - select cases, including housing rights cases with links to case summaries, complaints, settlement agreements and consent decrees, judgments, and press releases.
- HUD Resources
- Fair Housing Act Cases - HUD ALJ decisions listed alphabetically and by category.
- Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Handbook
- Fair Housing Executive Orders and Statutes
- Fair Housing Policies in Public Housing: Sample Policies and Procedures - thorough and clear explanation of fair housing laws and regulations that apply to PHAs, includes relevant citations
- HUD Enforcement Activity - Charges of Discrimination
- Limited English Proficiency (LEP) Guidance
- National Fair Housing Advocate Online
Affirmative Fair Housing and Community Policies
- HUD Guidance
- Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing (AFHM) Plan - Multifamily Housing
- Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing (AFHM) Plan - Single Family Housing
- Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing in CDBG Program Activities (24 CFR § 570.601)
- Executive Order 12892 - requirement to affirmatively further fair housing in HUD programs.
- Fair Housing for HOME Participants - 75-page guide re administering the HOME program.
- Fair Housing Planning Guide (170 pages)
- HUD Notice CPD-05-03 - aka "Implementing the New Freedom Initiative and Involving Persons with Disabilities in the Preparation of the Consolidated Plan through Citizen Participation."
- Joint Statement of DOJ and HUD re Group Homes, Land Use and the Fair Housing Act
- Letter to all California Mayors re Adoption of a Reasonable Accommodation Procedure (May 15, 2001) - from Bill Lockyer, California Attorney General.
- Model Ordinance for Reasonable Accommodations in Land Use and Zoning @ Mental Health Advocacy Services
Persons with Disabilities
- Building Accessibility
- AB 1400 (2003) - California Universal Design statute enacted October 2003, includes builder/buyer checklist.
- AB 2787 (2002) - authorizing statute for California's model Universal Design local ordinances.
- Concrete Change - Good resource on visitability design issues.
- Fair Housing Accessibility First! - info re fair housing accessibility design and construction standards.
- HUD Resources
- International Code Council Fair Housing Accessibility
- Self-Advocacy Guides and Fact Sheets for the Disabled
- HUD Housing Notices
- HUD Notice CPD 05-9: Accessibility Notice: Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and The Fair Housing Act and their applicability to housing programs funded by the HOME Investment Partnerships Program and the Community Development Block Grant Program
- HUD Notice CPD 05-10: Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities to Non-Housing Programs funded by Community Development Block Grant Funds
- Compliance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Disability/Accessibility Provisions of the Fair Housing Act of 1988 (Notice H 01-02) (February 6, 2001) - applies to owners of HUD subsidized projects.
- New Freedom Initiative, Executive Order 13217: "Community Based Alternatives for Persons with Disabilities," and the Housing Choice Voucher Program (PIH Notice 2005-05)
- PIH Notice 2006-13 (March 8, 2006) - Nondiscrimination and Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities.
- PIH Letter 2007-05 (September 21, 2007) - Reinstatement of Notice PIH 2006-13 - Non-discrimination and Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities (indefinite renewal of PIH Notice 2006-13)
- Reasonable Accommodations | Disability Nondiscrimination Laws
- Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
- Fair Housing Rights of Seniors with Disabilities Handbook @ Fair Housing Legal Support Center
- HUD Resources
- Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities: Barriers at Every Step - 123-page report in PDF format, by HUD and the Urban Institute.
- Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities: Testing Guidance for Practitioners - 185-page guidebook for fair housing testers.
- Fair Housing and Accessibility Requirements for HUD Multifamily Projects (Handbook 4350.3, Chapter 2: Civil Rights and Nondiscrimination Requirements)
- Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO)
- Disability Rights and Resources
- Section 504 One-Stop Information
- HUD General Counsel Memorandum re Medical Use of Marijuana in Public Housing (September 24, 1999) - Appendix 7 to Corporation for Supportive Housing's Between the Lines: A Q&A Guide on Legal Issues in Supportive Housing - California Edition.
- Joint Statement of HUD and DOJ - Reasonable Accommodations under the Fair Housing Act
- Joint Statement of HUD and DOJ on Reasonable Modifications under the Fair Housing Act
- Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities: Barriers at Every Step - 123-page report in PDF format, by HUD and the Urban Institute.
- Legal Rights of Persons with Disabilities (November 2003) - comprehensive 85-page guide covers all California and federal laws pertaining to persons with disabilities such as housing, public accommodations, access to health care, public benefits, education, and parental rights.
- Mental Health Advocacy Services
- Fair Housing for People with Disabilities (February 2007) - guide for shelter and transitional housing providers.
- Fair Housing in Your Neighborhood (English) - available in five other languages.
- Fair Housing Reasonable Accommodation: A Guide to Assist Developers and Providers of Housing for Persons with Disabilities in California
- Nondiscrimination Based on Handicap in Federally Assisted Programs and Activities of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (24 CFR § 8) - HUD regulations.
- Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in State and Local Government Services (28 CFR § 35) - U.S. Department of Justice regulations.
- Protection and Advocacy, Inc.
- Requesting Reasonable Accommodations: Forms and Procedures @ Housing Rights Inc.
- Sample Policy: Reasonable Accommodations for People with Disabilities @ King County OCRE
- Sample Policy: Service Animals @ King County OCRE
- Technical Assistance Collaborative
- Live-In Aides and the Housing Choice Voucher Program Fact Sheet
- Priced Out in 2006 - documents the increasing and continued lack of accessible and affordable housing for people with long-term intellectual and physical disabilities and mental illness.
- Section 8 Made Simple: A Guide To The Housing Choice Voucher Program
- U.S. Department of Justice