The Fair Housing Act (FHA) is a federal law that protects tenants across the United States from discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, and familial status. But many states, as well as the District of Columbia, have their own fair housing laws that go beyond the FHA, offering protection to many more tenants under a wider range of circumstances.
These states do this by including additional protected classes in their laws, such as age, marital status, military status, sexual orientation, and source of income, for example.
Use this interactive listing I put together of state fair housing laws for About.com as a resource to check if your state has additional protected classes.
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