HUD to Enforce Policy Banning Bias Over Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity By the Editors of the Rental Housing Journal

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has announced a new directive to begin implementation of the policy set forth in President Joe Biden’s executive order to prevent and combat sexual orientation and gender identity-based discrimination under Fair Housing rules. HUD’s Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) issued a memorandum stating…

HUD Charges Landlords with Discrimination for Not Allowing Assistance Cat By – the Editors of the Rental Housing Journal

Landlords who refused to allow a single mother with a daughter who needs an assistance cat to rent a townhome has been charged with housing discrimination, according to a release. The woman had already signed a lease and explained to the landlords that her oldest daughter, who has mental disabilities, needed the assistance cat –…