FAIR HOUSING TIP OF THE MONTH
Each year, Mental Health Advocacy Services (MHAS) produces a collection of guides with tips related to fair housing protections. These guides offer a closer look at many of the protections that our advocates help utilize in their advocacy. The tips are meant to be accessible to anyone who is interested in fair housing law, including practitioners, community members, and advocates like case workers. These tips are made possible by grants awarded by the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Our collection of fair housing tips is ordered by month and year.
FAIR HOUSING TIPS, 2023-2024
PAST FAIR HOUSING TIP OF THE MONTH CAMPAIGNS
MHAS’ archived Fair Housing Tip of the Month Campaigns are available below for reference purposes only. Please note that the information provided may be outdated. For the most current and accurate fair housing information, please refer to the Tips of the Month linked above.
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Newsletter 1: Threatened Eviction of a Family Based on a Child’s Disability-Related Behavior during Remote Learning (March 2021)
Newsletter 2: Fair Housing, Domestic Violence and Sexual Harassment during COVID-19 (May 2021)
Newsletter 3: Competing Requests for Reasonable Accommodations for Multiple Tenants with Disabilities (September 2021)
Disclaimer: The Fair Housing during the COVID-19 Pandemic campaign is for educational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. If you have a legal question, please contact MHAS or another attorney of your choice.
The Fair Housing during the COVID-19 Pandemic campaign is based on work supported by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under FHIP Grant #FEO2I00205. Any opinion, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of HUD.
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Tip 1: The Interactive Process after a Tenant with a Disability Makes a Request for Reasonable Accommodation (October 2021)
Tip 2: Fair Housing Protections for Tenants with Limited English Proficiency (November 2021)
Tip 3: Reasonable Accommodation to Provide Tenants Additional Time to Address Hoarding Issues (December 2021)
Tip 4: Reasonable Modifications to Housing for Tenants with Mental Health Disabilities (January 2022)
Tip 5: Requesting a Housing Voucher Increase as a Reasonable Accommodation for Tenants with Disabilities (February 2022)
Tip 6: Fair Housing Protections for Tenants with Disabilities Threatened with Eviction from Transitional Housing Programs (March 2022)
Bonus Tip: April is Fair Housing Month! Get Involved and Know Your Rights (April 2022)
Tip 7: Discrimination Based on Stereotypes about People with Mental Health Disabilities (April 2022)
Tip 8: Discrimination against Prospective Tenants with Section 8 Vouchers (May 2022)
Tip 9: Reasonable Accommodation to Allow an Emotional Support Animal Prescribed by a New Therapist (June 2022)
Tip 10: Reasonable Accommodation to Allow Rotating Live-In Aides for a Tenant with a Disability in Section 8 Housing (July 2022)
Disclaimer: The Fair Housing Tip of the Month program is for educational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. If you have a legal question, please contact MHAS or another attorney of your choice.
The Fair Housing Tip of the Month campaign is based on work supported by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under FHIP Grant #FEOI20029. Any opinion, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of HUD.
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Tip 1: Providing Additional Maintenance Service as a Reasonable Accommodation for a Tenant with a Disability (October 2020)
Tip 2: Housing Discrimination against Veterans Based on Perceived Disability (November 2020)
Tip 3: My Emotional Support Animal is a Pit Bull (December 2020)
Tip 4: Protections for Housing Applicants with Past Eviction History (January 2021)
Tip 5: Master Tenants Must Provide Reasonable Accommodations and Reasonable Modifications to Subtenants with Disabilities (February 2021)
Tip 6: How Should Housing Providers Handle Competing Requests for Reasonable Accommodations? (March 2021)
Tip 7: My Emotional Support Animal is a Pit Bull, Part 2: Insurance (April 2021)
Tip 8: Requesting Repair of Apartment Habitability Problems as a Reasonable Accommodation for a Tenant with a Disability (May 2021)
Tip 9: Reasonable Accommodation for a Prospective Tenant with Disability-Related Credit Problems (June 2021)
Tip 10: Fair Housing Protections for Transgender Individuals in Homeless Shelters (July 2021)
Tip 11: Denial of Housing Applications Based on Past Criminal Record Due to Disability (August 2021)
Tip 12: Common Unlawful Denials of Reasonable Accommodation Requests (September 2021)
Disclaimer: The Fair Housing Tip of the Month program is for educational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. If you have a legal question, please contact MHAS or another attorney of your choice.
The Fair Housing Tip of the Month campaign is based on work supported by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under FHIP Grant #FEOI1900435. Any opinion, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of HUD.
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Tip 1: Multiple Reasonable Accommodation Requests
Tip 2: Emotional Support Animals in Common Areas of a No-Pets Building
Tip 3: Requesting a Reasonable Accommodation to Add a Roommate to Help Pay Rent
Tip 4: Reasonable Accommodation and Landlord Demand for Waiver of Other Rights
Tip 5: Economic Accommodation for a Tenant with Mental Health Disabilities
Tip 6: Psychiatric Service Animal or Emotional Support Animal?
Tip 7: Reasonable Accommodations for People with Disabilities in Homeless Shelters
Tip 8: Reasonable Modifications for Tenants with Mental Health Disabilities
Tip 9: Requesting Reasonable Accommodation to Have an Emotional Support Animal in a Rented Room in a Private Home
Tip 10: Housing Discrimination Based on Source of Income
Tip 11: Requesting a Reasonable Accommodation to Reduce Exposure to Secondhand Smoke
Tip 12: Requesting a Reasonable Accommodation to Reduce Risk of COVID-19 Exposure
Disclaimer: The Fair Housing Tip of the Month program is for educational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. If you have a legal question, please contact MHAS or another attorney of your choice.
The Fair Housing Tip of the Month campaign is based on work supported by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under FHIP Grant #FEOI19008.
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Tip 1: Reasonable Accommodation - How Do I Ask for One?
Tip 2: Landlord Request for Verification of Disability
Tip 3: Emotional Support Animals and Requests for “Pet Deposits”
Tip 4: Medical Marijuana
Tip 5: Reasonable Accommodation for an Applicant with a Criminal History
Tip 6: Actions Based on Stereotypes are Discriminatory
Tip 7: Retaliation is Discrimination
Tip 8: Request for Reasonable Modification
Tip 9: Drug Addiction is a Disability if Not Related to Current Illegal Drug Use
Tip 10: Reasonable Accommodation, Section 8, and Threatened Eviction
Tip 11: Reasonable Accommodations Require an Interactive Process - Nonemergency Repairs and Notice
Tip 12: Reasonable Accommodation for More Time Before Lockout
Disclaimer: The Fair Housing Tip of the Month program is for educational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. If you have a legal question, please contact MHAS or another attorney of your choice.
Funded by a grant from the U.S. Dept. of Housing & Urban Development Fair Housing Initiatives Program (Grant #FEOI180041-01-00).
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Tip 1: Reasonable Accommodation if You Receive a Three-Day Notice to Cure or Quit
Tip 2: Reasonable Modifications
Tip 3: Reasonable Accommodation and the Interactive Process, Example: Negative Tenant History
Tip 4: Supportive Services
Tip 5: Reasonable Accommodation and Emotional Support Animals
Tip 6: Hostile Environment and the Landlord's Duty
Tip 7: Third-Party Rent Payments
Tip 8: Reasonable Accommodation and Threatened Eviction
Tip 9: Use of Medical Marijuana in your Housing Unit
Tip 10: Reasonable Accommodation and Early Termination of a Lease
Tip 11: Hoarding
Tip 12: Smoking as a Reasonable Accommodation
Funded by a grant from the U. S. Dept. of Housing & Urban Development Fair housing Initiatives Program (Grant #FEOI160050-01-01).