Illegal housing discrimination occurs when one or more of the following occurs based on a person's race, national origin, color, religion, sex, or if they have children or a disability:

A. Refusing, discouraging or charging more to rent an apartment or buy a home.

B. Discouraging a person from living where he or she wants to live, often by steering him or her to another apartment, complex or neighborhood.

C. Refusing or making it hard to get a loan to buy or refinance a house or take out home equity by doing things like charging more money or offering a worse deal than someone should be able to get if he or she shopped around.

D. Refusing, discouraging or charging more for home insurance.
 
E. Discrimination based on disability: Refusing to make a reasonable accommodation for a person with a disability, refusing to allow a modification to make an apartment more accessible for a person with a disability or lack of accessible units.

F. Predatory lending: unfair, misleading, deceptive or fraudulent loan practices.

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* 1. Have you or someone you know ever encountered one or more forms of housing discrimination described in the list in your local area?

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* 2. If you believe that you or someone you know encountered housing discrimination in your local area, please check the letters from the list at the beginning of the survey that best describes the type of discrimination.

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* 3. Do you believe housing discrimination occurs in your local area?

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* 4. If you think housing discrimination is occurring in your local area, what types do you think are most prevalent? Check the letters from the list at the beginning of the survey that best describes the type of discrimination.

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* 5. How well informed are you about housing discrimination?

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* 6. What would you do if you encountered housing discrimination?

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* 7. If you wanted to report housing discrimination, who would you report it to?

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* 8. What do you think should be done to help prevent housing discrimination?

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* 9. Please tell us about you. Answering these questions is optional.

Race/Ethnicity

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* 10. Gender

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* 11. Family Status

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* 12. Number of People in Your Household

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* 13. Annual Household Income

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* 14. Do you or a household member have a disability?

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* 15. Current Housing

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* 16. Employment

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* 17. Zip Code

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