The Housing Equality Center offers helpful publications full of useful information about fair housing. If you live or work in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton or Philadelphia Counties in Pennsylvania and would like to receive copies of the below guides or flyers for yourself, your clients, colleagues or employees, please complete this form or contact Carolyn Steinhofer, steinhofer@equalhousing.org, 267-419-8918 ext. 2.
Resources
- Fair Housing Guide for Consumers
- Fair Housing Guide for Consumers-Spanish
- Fair Housing Guide for Consumers-Simplified Chinese
- Fair Housing Guide for People with Disabilities
- Fair Housing Guide for Landlords and Property Managers
- Know Your Rights as a Renter in Pennsylvania
- Know Your Rights as a Renter in Pennsylvania-Spanish
- Fair Housing Guide to Reasonable Accommodations and Modifications
- Fair Housing Guide for Local Governments
- Know Your Responsibilities as a Landlord or Property Manager in Pennsylvania
- Housing Discrimination is Illegal: Consumer Rights
- Think You’ve Experienced Housing Discrimination?
- Know Your Responsibilities: Landlord Basics
- Homeowners Insurance
- Families with Children
- Assistance Animals
- Design and Construction Requirements
- Immigration FAQ
- Zoning and Land Use
- LGBTQ+ Status
- Source of Income
- Reasonable Accommodations: A Fact Sheet for Medical Professionals
- Tenants’ Rights
- Tenants’ Responsibilities
- Eviction
- HUD Fair Housing: Equal Opportunity for All
(HUD booklet that explains the basics of the Federal Fair Housing Act) - – English
- – Spanish
- – Arabic
- – Cambodian
- – Korean
- – Russian
- – Vietnamese
- HUD Fair Housing Posters and Brochures
- I Speak – HUD Language ID Card
- Fair Housing Planning Guide
- Association of Realtors Fair Housing Guidelines
- Pennsylvania Insurance Department Guide to Homeowners Insurance
- Housing Accessibility FIRST
- Addressing Community Opposition to Affordable Housing Development: A Fair Housing Toolkit
- A Tenant’s Guide to Suing Your Landlord
- 2022 – HUD Memo on Implementation of the Office of General Counsel’s Guidance on Application of Fair Housing Act Standards to the Use of Criminal Records
- 2021 – HUD Memo on Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation
- 2020 – HUD Guidance on Assessing a Person’s Request to Have an Animal as a Reasonable Accommodation
- 2016 – HUD-DOJ Joint Statement on Local Land Use Laws and Practices
- 2016 – Equal Access in Accordance with an Individual’s Gender Identity in Community Planning and Development Programs
- 2016 – Fair Housing Act Protections for Persons with Limited English Proficiency
- 2016 – Quid Pro Quo and Hostile Environment Harassment and Liability Under the Fair Housing Act
- 2016 – Enforcement of Local Nuisance and Crime-Free Ordinances Against Victims of Domestic Violence and Other Crime Victims
- 2016 – HUD Guidance on Use of Criminal Records by Providers of Housing and Real Estate Related Transactions
- 2015 – HUD Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Final Rule
- 2013 – Service Animals and Assistance Animals for People with Disabilities in Housing and HUD-Funded Programs
- 2013 – Accessibility (Design and Construction) Requirements for Covered Multifamily Dwellings
- 2013 – Fair Housing Act’s Discriminatory Effects Standard (Disparate Impact Rule)
- 2013 – Olmstead Implementation
- 2012 – Immigration Status and Housing Discrimination
- 2012 – Equal Access to Housing in HUD Programs Regardless of Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity
- 2011 – Assessing Claims of Housing Discrimination against Victims of Domestic Violence under the Fair Housing Act and the Violence Against Women Act
- 2011 – New ADA Regulations and Assistance Animals as Reasonable Accommodations under the Fair Housing Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
- 2010 – Non-Discrimination and Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities
- 2010 – Assessing Complaints that Involve Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Gender Expression
- 2008 – Questions and Answers on Sexual Harassment under the Fair Housing Act
- 2008 – Fair Housing Agencies Eligible for CDBG and other HUD Funding
- 2008 – Reasonable Modifications Under the Fair Housing Act
- 2008 – Pet Ownership for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities
- 2006 – Housing Developments with Names that Suggest Preferences
- 2006 – Fair Housing Act Application to Internet Advertising
- 2006 – Conversion to Housing for Older Persons
- 2006 – Insurance Policy Restrictions as a Defense for Refusals to Make a Reasonable Accommodation
- 2004 – Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice Reissuance
- 2004 – Reasonable Accommodations Under the Fair Housing Act – FAQ
- 2000 – Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program
- 1999 – Group Homes, Local Land Use, and the Fair Housing Act
- 1998 – Fair Housing Enforcement Policy in Occupancy Cases – Keating Memo
- 1997 – Lead-Based Paint and Fair Housing
- 1995 – Advertising Guidance
- 1995 – Questions and Answers Concerning the Final Rule Implementing the Housing for Older Persons Act of 1995 (HOPA)
- 1992 – Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Disorder and Environmental Illness
- 1991 – Fair Housing Accessibility Guidelines