Housing Discrimination
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Discrimination in housing
Learn how the fair housing laws can protect you from discrimination.
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Tenant screening basics
Learn how landlords and housing programs are allowed to make a decision about your application.
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Reasonable accommodations and housing
If you or someone in your household has a disability, there are laws that can give you tools to help you get housing, or make the housing you already have easier to use with your disability.
CORI and housing
Learn when and how a landlord or housing authority can get your CORI or criminal record when you apply for rental housing.
How lead laws protect tenants in Massachusetts
Learn what your landlord must do if there is lead in your apartment, which is especially dangerous for children under 6 and unborn babies.
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Chapter 7: Discrimination
This chapter from the Legal Tactics e-book can help you identify and protect yourself from illegal discrimination in housing.
Domestic violence: Your right to terminate your lease for safety reasons
Learn about a law that lets you end your lease early for safety reasons.
How a reasonable accommodation request can help with housing
Here are some of the ways that reasonable accommodations can help when you are applying to, or living in, public and subsidized housing in Massachusetts.
Protection from eviction: Survivors of domestic abuse, sexual violence, and stalking
Learn what rights and protections you have under U.S. and Massachusetts law.