Fair housing is the right to select and live in a home free from unlawful discrimination.

Oregon's laws protect people from being dealt with in a different way due to the fact that of your: race, color, religion, sex, national origin, whether or not you have kids, disability (also: source of earnings, domestic violence survivors, marital status, sexual orientation, and gender identity).

If you think you are being discriminated against when looking for a home, looking for real estate or home funding, or if your proprietor isn't accommodating your disability, you can file a problem here.

Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries secures your civil liberties in your home.

Sometimes real estate discrimination appears like ...

- You are needed to pay a different down payment than someone of a different race

- Your household is used various rental choices or costs than individuals without children

- You are directed to real estate in a particular area, community or area of the complex instead of being enabled to make that option yourself.

- You're forced out after your proprietor discovers your sexual orientation ... you're dealt with in a different way, rejected services, or singled out because of among the protected qualities listed above.


We can assist

The Fair Real estate Act provides you the legal right to submit a complaint. And it is illegal for anybody to threaten you with eviction or to bug you for submitting a reasonable real estate problem against them.

It's totally free to submit a problem and you do not need to have a legal representative.

If you're unsure you require to file a problem but something feels wrong, you can offer us a call at 971-245-3844 or email boli_help@boli.oregon.gov. We'll help you browse the procedure.

- FOR INDIVIDUALS

- FOR LANDLORDS


For individuals

Yes. Title VIII of the Civil Liberty Act of 1968 and the changes restrict discrimination in any aspect relating to the sale, leasing, finance, advertisement, and brokerage of real estate. Oregon law covers any real residential or commercial property for sale, lease, or lease. Federal law covers any real residential or commercial property, and federally owned or financed real estate.

Proof of income can be needed of interested applicants. They can require that the income be of such an amount that it will enable the renter to meet lease obligations. Unmarried and married couples must fulfill the exact same minimum earnings requirements and be held to the very same requirement.

There are penalties and fines for those found guilty of breaking the reasonable real estate laws. You can submit a grievance here.

When the Civil liberty Division finds considerable evidence of a violation of reasonable real estate laws, the agency will issue Formal Charges. If the proprietor or owner fails to comply with the law, they may be confronted with the expenses of defending a lawsuit and the payment of charges.

For property owners

Yes. Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 and the amendments prohibit discrimination in any aspect associating with the sale, leasing, financing, advertisement, and brokerage of real estate based on race, color, faith, sex, nationwide origin, familial status and physical and psychological special needs. Oregon law forbids discrimination against people because of their marital status.

Oregon law covers any real residential or commercial property for sale, lease, or lease. Federal law covers any real residential or commercial property, and federally owned or funded real estate.

The refusal to rent can not be based upon a protected class. The safeguarded classes include race/color, religious beliefs, sex, physical or psychological disability, marital status, national origin, and familial status. All applicants need to be offered the same rental requirements and evaluated by the same requirements.

No, with one exception. Oregon law allows an owner to refuse to lease to single, unassociated persons of the opposite sex if it would result in common use of bath or bed room facilities.

Proof of income can be needed of interested candidates. You can need that the earnings be of such an amount that it will enable the occupant to fulfill rent commitments. Unmarried and married couples must meet the very same minimum income requirements and be held to the very same standard.

You can not refuse to lease because of the addition of a support animal.

Refusal to lease to a disabled individual due to the fact that of a problems is unlawful. You should likewise permit affordable adjustments of the facilities if done at the expenditure of the citizen. The property manager may condition authorization for an adjustment on the resident consenting to bring back the facilities to the condition that existed before the adjustment.

No. The Fair Real Estate Amendments of 1988 added familial status as a protected class. Oregon law also prohibits discrimination on the basis of familial status.

Familial status is specified as "one or more people who are not yet 18 years of ages, living with a moms and dad or custodian with the composed permission of such parent or other person." It is unlawful to victimize households due to the fact that they have children. It is not illegal to enforce nondiscriminatory occupancy limits such as the variety of individuals per bed room.

Yes. There are exceptions for bona fide senior real estate where the job is openly moneyed for senior citizens; all individuals are 62 or older, or at least 80 percent of the households are headed by someone 55 or older and there are considerable facilities or services for older persons.

Yes. You can have guidelines that reasonably regulate the conduct of all homeowners despite age.

No. You need to inform the customer or company that it is unlawful, and you can not consent to this condition. You are as liable as your customer or company.

There are charges and fines for those condemned of breaching the fair real estate laws. When the Civil Rights Division discovers considerable evidence of an infraction of reasonable real estate laws, the company will provide Formal Charges. If you fail to comply with the law, you may be confronted with the expenses of defending a suit and the payment of charges.