Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, known as the Federal Fair Housing Law, guarantees
the right of all Americans to dwell in the neighborhood of their choice. It is one of the most important
components of our national civil rights policy. Discrimination in the sale, rental, leasing, or financing of housing or land to be used for construction of housing, or in the provision of brokerage services because of race, color, religion, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, handicap, or disability is prohibited by Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (Federal Fair Housing Law). The Pennsylvania Human Relations Act adds the additional protected classes for age, ancestry and the use of guide or support animals.
Fair
Housing
Advocates or protected class members who wish to report housing discrimination can file a complaint with any of the agencies below.
File a report with Indiana County
Contact: Christina Coleman
Phone: (724) 465-3872
Email: tcoleman@ceo.co.indiana.pa.us
Contact the Fair Housing Law Center
10 West Cherry Avenue
Washington, PA 15301
Phone:(724) 225-6170
Fax: (724) 250-1078
Toll Free Hotline: 1-(877)-725-4472
Website: http://www.fhlaw.org
To file a report:
http://fhlaw.org/report-housing-discrimination/
Follow them on facebook @fairhousinglawcenter
Contact the
Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission
301 Fifth Avenue
Suite 390, Piatt Place
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Phone: (412) 565-5395
(412) 565-5711 TTY users only
Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday - Friday
Fair Housing News...
brought to you by the Fair Housing Law Center
December 2022
On November 30, 2022, The National Fair
Housing Alliance released their annual Fair
Housing Trends Report.
The 2022 Trends Report is the most recent
repor in a series of annual reports on fair
housing trends across the county. NFHA has
produced this report since the mid-1990s.
Breakdown by Protected Class
- Disability: cases alleging discrimination because of disability continue to account for the largest number of complaints, at 53.68%.
- Race: discrimination based on race, which is often hard to detect, comprised the second highest number of complaints. This made up 18.97% of all complaints.
- Sex: sex was the third most frequent basis of discrimination, compromising 7.40% of all complaints.
- Familial Status: familial status made up 7.24% of all complaints.
- National Origin: national origin made up 5.68% of all complaints.
- Color: color was the basis of 2.35% of all complaints.
- Religion: religion made up the smallest percent of all complaints nationwide, at 1.22%.
Kid's Corner
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Phone: (724) 465-3870
Fax 1: (724) 465-3150
Fax 2: (724) 465-3151
801 Water St.
Indiana, PA 15701-1705
Office Hours:
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Monday - Friday EST
