January 8, 2016
Fair Housing laws ensure that all who seek housing get fair and equal treatment. It doesn’t matter if you are a renter, a house hunter, or somewhere in between renting and owning; fair housing laws apply to you and assign certain rights and responsibilities depending on which side of the transaction you are on.
We write about fair housing cases from time to time because acts of discrimination can and sometimes do affect the FHA loan process. The people discriminated against are sometimes the only ones standing in the way of future violations of fair housing laws–those who report the illegal treatment can get it stopped.
The video above is published by the Department of Housing and Urban Development and is part of a HUD video project aimed at educating people about their fair housing rights. We hope you’ll watch and learn more about fair housing, and how U.S. law in this area is designed to help you as you look for your new home.
Do you work in residential real estate? You should know about the free tool offered by FHA.com. It is designed especially for real estate websites; a widget that displays FHA loan limits for the counties serviced by those sites. It is simple to spend a few seconds customizing the state, counties, and widget size for the tool; you can copy the code and paste it into your website with ease. Get yours today:
http://www.fha.com/fha_loan_limits_widget
Joe Wallace has been specializing in military and personal finance topics since 1995. His work has appeared on Air Force Television News, The Pentagon Channel, ABC and a variety of print and online publications. He is a 13-year Air Force veteran and a member of the Air Force Public Affairs Alumni Association. He was Managing editor for www.valoans.com for (8) years and is currently the Associate Editor for FHANewsblog.com.
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