Hernando County... Fair Housing

"It is the policy of Hernando County, in keeping with the laws of the United States of America and the spirit of the Constitution of the State of Florida, to promote through fair, orderly and lawful procedure the opportunity for each person so desiring to obtain housing of such person's choice in this county, without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, marital status, familial status, handicap, or age, and, to that end, to prohibit discrimination in housing by any person......" - Hernando County Ordinance 98-04

Are You A Victim of Housing Discrimination ?

Equal Opportunity for All (Booklet - English)

Equal Opportunity for All (Booklet - Spanish)

Florida's Statute for Discrimination in the Treatment of Persons; Minority Representation - Chapter 760 Title XLIV Civil Rights

 

U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development



Equal Housing Opportunity
EQUAL HOUSING
OPPORTUNITY 

 

We Do Business in Accordance With the Federal Fair
Housing Law
(The Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988)

It is illegal to Discriminate Against Any Person Because of Race, Color, Religion, Sex,
Handicap, Familial Status, or National Origin

 

  • In the sale or rental of housing or residential lots
  • In advertising the sale or rental
    of housing
  • In the financing of housing
  • In the provision of real estate
    brokerage services
  • In the appraisal of housing
     
  • Blockbusting is also illegal
Anyone who feels he or she has been
discriminated against may file a complaint of
housing discrimination:

1-800-669-9777 (Toll Free)
1-800-927-9275 (TTY)       

U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development

Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and
Equal Opportunity
Washington, D.C. 20410
Previous editions are obsolete

 form HUD-928.1 (2/2003)

Reference: http://www.hud.gov/offices/fheo/index.cfm