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Equal Housing Opportunity THE FAIR HOUSING ACT 1. Enacted 9-13-88, Effective 3-12-89 2. Covers all housing 3. Expands coverage to Title VIII: - added handicap and familial status - establishes an adminstrative and judicial mechanism for cases where discriminatory housing practices can not be informally resolved - provides monetary penalties in cases where housing discrimination is found - establishes design and construction requirements for new MFH constructed for first occupancy on or after 3-13-91. 4. exemption from the prohibitions of discrimination on basis of familial status for certain housing for older persons. Equal Housing Opportunity 4/13/2017 2

Prohibits Discrimination in the following: Sale Rental Advertising Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (Fair Housing Act, as amended 1988) Prohibits Discrimination in the following: Sale Rental Advertising Provision of brokerage services Residential real estate related transactions Residential RE related Transactions- the making or purchasing of loans or providing other financial assistance ex. the selling, brokering or appraising of residential real property. 4/13/2017 3

PROTECTED CLASSES OR PROHIBITED BASES RACE COLOR RELIGION NATIONAL ORGIN SEX FAMILIAL STATUS HANDICAP Bases 1. Familial Status - children under 18 in a family and pregnant women. 2. FHA exempts certain types of housing from the coverage of the law: -religious organizations and private clubs. -housing for older persons -owners of SFH dwellings without the use of a RE broker -rental of rooms in dwelling containg living quarters occupied by no more than 4 families, provided that the owner occupies on the units. 4/13/2017 4

Covered Rural Development Programs Section 502 Rural Housing Loans Section 504 Rural Housing Loans and Grants Rural Rental Housing Loans Labor Housing Loans and Grants Technical Assistance Grants Community Facility Loans for Housing Purposes, i.e., retirement homes, group homes Housing Preservation Grantees Rural Business Recipients of Loans for Housing And All Other RD Programs that provide housing assistance. 4/13/2017 6

DISCRIMINATORY HOUSING PRACTICES The following practices are prohibited by law: Failing to accept or consider a bona fide offer Refusing to sell to or rent , or negotiate for the sale or rental of a dwelling Imposing different sale prices, or rental charges Using different qualifications, criteria and standards Providing different information, or promotional activity Evicting any tenant on a protected basis or the characteristics of a tenants guests Unlawful to sell, rent, or negotiate the sale of a dwelling: Example: inventory properties/ 515 Using different standards: Example: income standards, application fees, application requirements 4/13/2017 7

Discriminatory Housing Practices Using different policies, practices or procedures in determining a person’s eligibility other than those in RD regulations Failing to provide all rights and remedies Using policies and procedures in the regulations in an arbitrary and discriminatory manner, to reject a persons application or preapplication Posting of 1944-L 4/13/2017 9

Discriminatory Housing Practices Restricting housing choices Steering Exaggerating drawbacks Discouraging inspections, purchase or renting Not providing information on desirable features of a dwelling Assigning a person to a particular section of a community, neighborhood, development or floor of a building 4/13/2017 10

Discriminatory Housing Practices Discharging or taking adverse action against an employee, broker, or agent Using codes or devices to segregate or reject persons Refusing to show listings in certain areas Refusing to approve a person for occupancy in a cooperative dwelling 4/13/2017 11

Discriminatory Representations on the Availability of Dwellings It is unlawful to provide inaccurate or untrue information about the availability of dwellings for sale or rent. Examples: Indication through words or conduct that an available dwelling has been sold or rented. Representing or enforcing lease provisions that preclude the sale or rental of a dwelling to a person. 4/13/2017 12

PROHIBITED DISCRIMINATION IN TERMS, CONDITIONS/PRIVILEGES/SERVICES/ FACILITIES Imposing different terms, conditions or privileges Deny or limit services or facilities Using different provisions in leases, or contracts (i.e., rental charges, security deposits) Denying or limiting discounts, rebates or gifts Failing or delaying maintenance or repairs of sale or rental dwelling Limiting the use of privileges, services or facilities associated with a dwelling 4/13/2017 8

Form HUD 935.2A or 935.2B, “Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing Plan” required for: MFH Complexes, Technical Assistance Grantees, Conditional Commitment Builders (who receive (or who the Agency anticipates will receive), five or more conditional commitments for SFH dwellings within a 12 month period, 4/13/2017

Form HUD 935.2A or 935.2B, “Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing Plan” required for: Real Estate Brokers under exclusive contracts who will market five or more inventory homes (or who the Agency anticipates will) within a 12 month period, Auctioneers under contract offering for sale five or more SFH inventory homes (or who the Agency anticipates will) within a 12 month period, 4/13/2017

Form HUD 935.2A or 935.2B, “Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing Plan” required for: CF Retirement Homes, Group Homes, and long term care facilities (nursing homes), Housing Preservation Grantees, Packagers of SFH loans, Contractors or Realtors who participate in RD Programs through a program administered by another agency (State or local) and who will market five or more homes within a 12 month period. 4/13/2017

Prohibition Against Discrimination Because of Handicap It is unlawful to discriminate due to a handicap! We cannot change our race or ethnic origin, but there is one protected group that we can all perhaps join someday – the disabled or chronically ill. 4/13/2017 13

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973] No qualified individual with a disability shall be excluded from participation in, denied benefits of, or subjected to discrimination under any program receiving HUD funds File within 180 days of the alleged act 4/13/2017

Familial Status and Housing for the Elderly Law does not limit restrictions on the number of occupants to live in a dwelling Law regarding familial status may not apply to dwellings provided under state or other federal programs for the elderly (such as the RHS’ MFH Program for the Elderly). The Secretary of HUD has issued an exception for the 515 elderly housing program. 4/13/2017 21

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Prohibited Interference, Coercion or Intimidation Coercing a person, orally or in writing to deny or limit benefits provided with the sale or rental of a dwelling or in connection with a residential real estate-related transaction Part A - ...because of race, color, religion etc Part 2 -....includes visitors or associates of such person 4/13/2017 22

Prohibited Interference, Coercion or Intimidation (cont.) Threatening an employee or agent with dismissal or an adverse action for assisting a person seeking access to the sale or rental of a dwelling or any real estate-related transaction Intimidating or threatening any person because he/she is engaging in activities designed to make others aware of or to exercise their rights protected by the FHA 4/13/2017 23

HUD Fair Housing Poster (rev. 2/2003) http://www.hud.gov/offices/adm/hudclips/forms/files/928-1.pdf 4/13/2017

HUD Fair Housing Poster - Spanish http://www.hud.gov/offices/adm/hudclips/forms/files/928-1a.pdf 4/13/2017

Display of Fair Housing Posters The HUD Fair housing Poster will be displayed in a conspicuous location as follows: In all RD State Offices, Area/Local Offices and National Office In the business office and construction site of all new single family housing subdivisions where all dwellings are sold In the business office and at the construction site of new MFH/LH projects, and the business office of existing MFH/LH projects. 4/13/2017 24

Display of Fair Housing Posters In the business office of real estate brokers, auctioneers, and dealer contractors doing business with RD under Rural Housing programs At inventory properties being sold. The Fair Housing Logotype sticker may also be displayed at inventory properties In the business office for nursing homes, group homes, retirement homes, boarding homes, residential care and detoxification facilities, etc., financed under RD's CF program 4/13/2017 25

Fair Housing Complaint Processing Who may file a complaint: Any aggrieved person may file a complaint no later than 1 year after an alleged discriminatory housing practice(s) has occurred or terminated. The complaint may be filed with the assistance of an authorized representative of an aggrieved person, including any organization acting on behalf of an aggrieved person. 4/13/2017 26

Persons Against Whom Complaints May be Filed A complaint may be filed against any RD employee or participant in RD’s programs for housing purposes, alleged to be engaged, about to engage, or have engaged in a discriminatory housing practice A complaint may also be filed against any person who directs or influences the conduct of another person with respect to any aspect of the sale, rental, advertising or financing of dwellings, or in the provision of brokerage servicing relating to the sale or rental of dwellings under RD’s, housing program. 4/13/2017 27

Where to File Complaints Aggrieved persons may file complaints with the Secretary of Agriculture, or with a USDA, Rural Development, Administrator, at 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, D.C. 20250 Complaints may also be filed in person or by mail with the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Washington, D.C. 20410, or a HUD Regional Office 4/13/2017 28

DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINT PROCESSING - MOU Assisted Program Complaints filed with RD are processed in accordance with, RD Instruction 2000-GGG (copies of complaints are forwarded to HUD so that they can be processed under the Fair Housing Act in addition to USDA processing them under the laws USDA is responsible for enforcing). All complaints alleging discrimination must be forwarded to Rural Development’s Civil Rights Staff (through the State’s Civil Rights Manager or Coordinator). 4/13/2017 29

Sanctions Victims of discriminatory housing practices may seek civil penalties through the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s administrative process, or by private lawsuit. Participants found to have engaged in discriminatory housing practices will be subject to the civil penalties set forth in the Fair Housing Act 4/13/2017 31

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QUESTIONS?????? Vernon Fuller  Catrina Southall State Civil Rights Coordinator USDA Rural Development 2629 Waverly Barn Rd. Suite 129 Davenport, FL 33897 863/420-4830 E-mail: catrina.southall@fl.usda.gov 4/13/2017