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By Lane V. Erickson, Attorney<\/a><\/p>\n

It is unfortunate but true that landlords often aren\u2019t familiar with their responsibilities when it comes to renting to families with children. Many times, landlords don\u2019t even know that families with children enjoy a protected status under federal housing discrimination laws. In addition to the protections against standard discrimination the federal Fair Housing Act (FHA) also protects the familial relationship. In other words, the FHA protects persons from being discriminated against because they are members in a family.<\/p>\n

Unless a building or community qualifies as housing for older persons (is occupied by persons aged 62 or older or has received such designation from the HUD Secretary) a landlord may not discriminate against a potential tenant based on familial status. Essentially, a landlord may not deny housing to a family in which is comprised in part of one or more children who are under 18 and who live with:<\/p>\n

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By Lane V. Erickson, Attorney It is unfortunate but true that landlords often aren\u2019t familiar with their responsibilities when it comes to renting to families with children. Many times, landlords don\u2019t even know that families with children enjoy a protected status under federal housing discrimination laws. In addition to the protections against standard discrimination the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-real-estate"],"yoast_head":"\nProhibitions Against Familial Discrimination Under the Fair Housing Act|Racine Olson<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you have questions about the familial relationship and the protections offered by the FHA, we can help. 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