Discrimination & Fair Housing

The City provides funding to the following non-profits to offer Fair Housing Services to landlords, tenants, and families with children. 

• Have you received an eviction notice?
• Have you had trouble getting repairs completed?
• Have you experienced discrimination in housing because of your race, ethnic origin, marital status, sex, religion, arbitrary reason (i.e. sexual orientation, source of income)? ...
• Have disputes between tenants and landlords escalated to the point where mediation is needed?
• Have you moved recently but haven't received your security deposit?
• Do you need information about your rights and responsibilities?

Sentinel Fair Housing can help you resolve the problems above, help you to determine whether you have been discriminated against, and what to do if you have been.

• Have you experienced discrimination in housing because you have children, in your household, or because you have a disability?

Housing Rights, Inc. -  provides counseling and legal assistance regarding fair housing for children and for people with disabilities.

Multi-Lingual Homeownership Center (MHC) - provides targeted outreach and homebuyer education and counseling at a neighborhood-based center to enable low- to moderate-income, limited-English communities to overcome barriers to homebuying and to establish ownership in the communities in which they live. Services are available in Laotian, Vietnamese, Cantonese, Mien, Mandarin, Thai and English.