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Fair Housing
Featured Content July 2024
Welcome to PTLA's Fair Housing Unit! The Fair Housing Unit works to make sure state and federal laws protecting everyone’s right to housing free from illegal discrimination are enforced i

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LORSQU’IL S’AGIT DE LOGEMENT, LA DISCRIMINATION BASÉE SUR LA NATIONALITÉ D’ORIGINE EST ILLÉGALE (Fair Housing Podcast - National Origin - French)
April 2020

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TAKOORKA ASAL QARAMEEDKA EE GURIYEYNTA WAA SHARCI DARRO (Fair Housing Podcast - National Origin - Somali)
April 2020

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التمييز على أساس الأصل القومي في الإسكان غير قانوني (Fair Housing Podcast - National Origin - Arabic)
April 2020
 

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Podcast: National Origin Discrimination in Housing is Illegal
April 2020
Podcast - Federal and State Fair Housing laws prohibit discrimination against people who are from countries, other than the U.S, when selling, renting, financing, or other housing related…

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Fair Housing: Your Right To Rent or Own a Home
December 2018
What does "Fair Housing" mean? In Maine we have both state and federal “fair housing” laws. They say that a landlord cannot refuse to rent to you, and a seller cannot treat you differently, because…

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Fair Lending
December 2018
Discrimination in mortgage lending is prohibited by the federal Fair Housing Act (link is external) and the Maine Human Rights Act.

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Maine Fair Housing Newsletter
December 2018
The Fair Housing Newsletter is a publication of Pine Tree Legal Assistance, through the Fair Housing Initiative Program, Maine.

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الحمايات للعائلات وأطفالها بمقتضى قوانين الإسكان العادل
November 2018
لا يعرف الكثير من أصحاب المساكن أو موفري السكن حدود مسؤولياتهم عندما يتعلق الأمر بالتأجير للعائلات التي لديها أطفال أو لا يعرفون حتى بأن العائلات التي لديها أطفال تتمتع بالحماية تحت قوانين التمييز…

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Xaaladaha Qooyska ee Ilaalinta Qawaniinta Cadaalada Guriyeenta
November 2018
Milkiilayaal badan ama bixiyaasha guriyaha ayaan aqoonin mas’uuliyadaha ka saaran qooysaska carrurta leh ama aan xitaa ogeyn in qooysaska carrurta leh ka mid yihiin kooxaha sharciga daafaca sida…

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Protections du statut familial en vertu de la loi sur l'équité en matière de logement
November 2018
De nombreux propriétaires ou prestataires de logement ne connaissent pas leurs responsabilités quant à la location de logement à des familles avec enfants ou ne savent pas que les familles avec…
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