Federal, State and Local Fair Housing Laws protect individuals from housing discrimination. It is unlawful to discriminate based on certain protected characteristics, which include, but are not limited to: race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, military status, sex, age, disability, marital status, lawful source of income or familial status.

THE FOLLOWING ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF POTENTIAL FAIR HOUSING VIOLATIONS:

• Refusing to rent, sell or show a property based on a potential tenant or purchaser’s protected characteristic.

• Quoting a higher price to a purchaser or renter because of the potential purchaser or tenant’s protected characteristic.

• Refusing to rent to a tenant who has children or increasing a security deposit based on the number of children who will be living in the apartment.

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