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"Fair Housing" is the right to equal opportunity in rental, sale, and
financing of housing under
federal, state and local laws. |
What does housing discrimination really mean?
If you have been treated unfairly because of your race, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, religious creed, color, national origin or disability including HIV status, because you intend to occupy a dwelling with minor children, or because you are the recipient of public assistance, then you have experienced illegal discrimination.
Discrimination is not always obvious and can take many forms. It may happen when a landlord refuses to rent you an apartment, or tells you it is unavailable when it is really vacant. It may occur when the terms and conditions of your lease are different from those of the landlord's other tenants. Illegal discrimination can also happen in advertisements.
Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity
News/Reports
Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice prepared for the City of Burlington, Vermont 2010
(On the City of Burlington's Community and Economic Development Office web page.)
Fair Housing Advocate, Winter 2010-2011, Vol. 3, Issue 2
Vermont Fair Housing News, Spring 2011 Volume 8, Number 1
Fair Housing Advocate, Newsletter, Vol 3 Issue 1, Summer 2010
Predatory Lending PSA (mp3 Audio)
"Fair Housing and Land Use Planning & Regulation in Chittenden County, Vermont"
Developed by Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission (CCRPC) for CVOEO Fair Housing Project. Funding from HUD, December 2008
Report,
2007: Fair Housing and Land Use
Planning & Regulation in
Lamoille County, Vermont (pdf)
CVOEO
Rental Housing Audit
Report 2004: "National Origin
Discrimination in Vermont" (pdf)
Housing
Sales Audit Report 2003 (pdf)
A Rental Housing Business Practices
Audit,
Fair Housing Law Compliance In Vermont,
2000 (PDF)
"Sub-prime lending in Vermont" a HUD funded report by CVOEO and VHFA
Media Links
CVOEO FHP Video, released March, 2010 "Reducing the Political and Social Barriers to Fair Housing" On Center for Media and Democracy Site
Video "Tearing
Down the Regulatory Barriers to Fair
Housing" Video
for viewing with QuickTime ™ Software.
Video "Fair Housing and Growth Centers - What is the Connection?" QuickTime ™
Fair Housing Public Service Announcement Video 08-09 From Poster Contest, Link to CCTV Site
CVOEO Video, "Planning Tools to Further Fair Housing" Professionally Produced by CCTV and released in 12/08 This is a link to the Video on the Center for Media and Democracy site
