Know Your Housing Rights
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Your rights
Do you know your housing rights? Below you’ll find resources related to housing rights basics and disaster housing rights.
Get housing help
Do you need help with your housing? Visit our How to Get Housing Help Resource Page for how to get help with accommodations, possible discrimination, and more.
Featured
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Know Your Fair Housing Rights
The Fair Housing Act protects people with disabilities from housing discrimination and allows you to request reasonable accommodations.
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Housing Rights of People Who Are Victims of Certain Types of Violence
This Q&A offers information for people experiencing domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking who are trying to leave the home where the abuse is happening.
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Asking Your Landlord for an Accommodation
You can ask your landlord to make reasonable accommodations (changes) if their policies or rules are making the symptoms of your disability worse.
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Eviction and Reasonable Accommodations
This handout gives a summary of a tenant’s right to ask for a reasonable accommodation in order to avoid an eviction.
Handouts
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Housing Rights Information for People with Disabilities Impacted by Natural Disasters
Learn about your rights under the ADA when staying at a hotel or shelter, and also how the Federal Fair Housing Act impacts where you live.
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Ending Discrimination in Housing: Fair Housing Laws
Learn about the Fair Housing Act, requirements for new and existing housing, how to file a complaint if you think if you've been discriminated against, and more.
Videos
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Be Aware of Predatory Lending in Housing
Learn how to protect yourself from predatory lending, when a lender tricks or takes advantage of a borrower by offering them a home loan with unfair and harmful terms.
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Know Your Fair Housing Rights
Learn about how the Fair Housing Act protects people with disabilities from housing discrimination and allows you to request reasonable accommodations.
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OUD Recovery and Housing
If you are in recovery from Opioid Use Disorder (OUD), You may be facing problems getting into a place to live because of being in recovery or because of a criminal history related to past opioid use. This video explains some things you should know and you can do.
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DRTx Legal Tips: Housing Rights
In this video, a Disability Rights Texas attorney explains some of the basic housing rights of veterans and others with disabilities. The video covers what landords can ask tenants, reasonable accommodations, and home modifications.