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Housing Discrimination Complaints

Federal law prohibits housing discrimination based on your race, color, national origin, religion, sex, family status, or disability. If you have been trying to buy or rent a home or apartment and you believe your rights have been violated, you can file a fair housing complaint.

There are several ways to file a complaint:  

Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Room 5204
451 Seventh St. SW
Washington, DC 20410-2000 

Your name and address
The name and address of the person your complaint is about
The address of the house or apartment you were trying to rent or buy 
The date when this incident occurred
A short description of what happened
Then mail it to the Fair Housing Hub closest to you:

Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont 
New Jersey and New York 
Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia 
Alabama, the Caribbean, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee 
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin 
Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas 
Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska 
Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming 
Arizona, California, Hawaii, and Nevada 
Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington 
 

Content updated August 29, 2001 



U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
451 7th Street S.W., Washington, DC 20410
Telephone: (202) 708-1112   TTY: (202) 708-1455


http://www.hud.gov/complaints/housediscrim.cfm

 

 

 

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