It's Fair Housing Month... Do You Have the Right to Display Religious Objects in Your Apartment?

For many tenants, making an apartment feel like home means displaying their faith in their decor. But before you place items on a shelf or attach them to your wall, you might wonder if a landlord can restrict which religious objects you choose to display, or even ask you to make your apartment decor appear less religious.

Thanks to the Fair Housing Act (FHA), which applies across the United States, tenants can feel free to include what they wish in their decor, and landlords who try to limit religious displays inside tenants' homes are violating the FHA's ban on religious discrimination.

Learn more about how federal law protects you when it comes to religious decor by checking out my article for About.com, entitled "Your Right to Display Religious Objects in Your Apartment."