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January 2022 | Committed to fair housing for all
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RENTERS WITH BLACK AND LATINO-SOUNDING NAMES
FACE INCREASED DISCRIMINATION
Posted on January 21, 2022

Studies have shown that people with “Black-sounding” names are less likely to be considered for a job, compared with white applicants. Now, new research reveals that employers aren't the only ones engaging in this type of discrimination. It's happening in housing, too.
DECEMBER IS UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHTS MONTH
Posted on December 17, 2021

Universal Human Rights Month dates back to December 10, 1948, when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was created by the United Nations General Assembly. The Declaration enshrines the rights and freedoms of all human beings.
HOW MEDICAL PROVIDERS CAN HELP PATIENTS
ACCESS FAIR HOUSING
Posted on November 22, 2021

Medical providers have an important role to play in patients’ access to fair housing. And yes, you read that right. Although healthcare and housing may seem like two completely separate worlds, the two industries have more intersections than one might think.
Resource Corner
Knowing your fair housing rights is the first step in exercising them.

At the Fair Housing Center for Rights & Research, we want to make it easy for you to understand your rights and responsibilities under fair housing law. That's why we regularly develop and distribute fair housing resources, which are made available for free download. Organizations can also request to receive physical copies of our resources by sending a message to education@thehousingcenter.org.

View our online resources now to access the information you need.
Featured Resource:

Housing providers routinely request verification for reasonable accommodations from a care provider or from another reliable third party in a position to know about the tenant’s disability. Care providers and reliable third parties may include, but are not limited to, physicians, mental or behavioral health professionals, social workers, case managers, family members, coworkers, etc. This resource is intended to offer guidance to those in the process of providing reasonable accommodation verifications.
Fair Housing in the News
About Fair Housing Center for Rights & Research

The Fair Housing Center for Rights & Research (The Fair Housing Center) is a nonprofit fair housing organization whose mission is to protect and expand fair housing rights, eliminate housing discrimination, and promote integrated communities. The Fair Housing Center has been in existence for 35 years, beginning as the Metropolitan Strategy Group in 1983.
 
The federal Fair Housing Act of 1968 prohibits discrimination in the sale or rental of a dwelling on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status or disability. The purpose of the law is to eliminate housing discrimination and promote residential integration.
 
For more information visit www.thehousingcenter.org.