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Housing Discrimination

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Sexual Harassment: Your Fair Housing Rights
Featured Content July 2024
Is sexual harassment covered under the Maine Human Rights Act? The Maine Human Rights Act bans harassment based on:

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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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Portland Maine Landlord Tenant Rules
February 2025
Important Resources to Prevent Eviction Getting evicted? Worried you might be soon?

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The Americans with Disabilities Act and the Maine Human Rights Act
January 2024
Two laws in Maine protect people with disabilities. Both laws make it illegal for government agencies to discriminate against people with disabilities. Government agencies must also take steps to…

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Rights of Maine Renters: Discrimination
January 2024
Landlords may not discriminate against you because of your: race, color, sex, sexual orientation, physical or mental impairment, religion, ancestry or national origin, getting welfare, being a single…

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Fair Housing: Frequently Asked Questions about Housing Protection for People with Disabilities and Their Families
January 2024
Important Resources to Prevent Eviction Getting evicted? Worried you might be soon?

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Can I Get an Assistance Animal if I am a Renter?
September 2023
Who is covered by the “assistance animal” law? The law applies to people with disabilities. Under this law, you have a disability if:

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Service and Assistance Animals in Maine: What's the difference, and what are my rights?
July 2022
Introduction If you have a disability, and you have an animal that helps you with that disability, you may have the right to bring that animal into places where you wouldn’t be allowed to

Podcasts

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

Podcasts

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

Podcasts

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

Podcasts

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…

Podcasts

Podcast: When Fair Housing Laws Do Not Apply to Rental Housing
May 2019
This podcast focuses on rental housing and Fair Housing laws. You can listen to the podcast above, or read the full text below.

Podcasts

عندما لا تسري قوانين الإسكان العادل على المساكن المستأجرة (Fair Housing Podcast - Arabic)
May 2019
يركز هذا البودكاست (النقل الصوتي عبر الإنترنت) على

Podcasts

Goorta Sharciyada Caddaaladda Guryeynta ee Aan Lagu Dabaqayn Guryaha Kireysiga (Fair Housing Podcast - Somali)
May 2019
Cod baahintan wuxuu ahmiyadda saarayaa sharciyada guryaha ijaarka iyo Guryaynata Caddaaladda.

Podcasts

Lorsque les lois sur le logement équitable ne s’appliquent pas aux logements de location (Fair Housing Podcast - French)
May 2019
Ce podcast parle des logements de location et des lois relatives au logement équitable.

Articles

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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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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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Become a Fair Housing Tester
December 2018
Paid Fair Housing Testers help make sure that people are not denied housing because of their race, color, national origin or ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, disability, family status (

Podcasts

Reasonable Accommodations for People with Disabilities
December 2018
This podcast is about the right of people with disabilities to ask for exceptions to rental housing rules, so that they have equal opportunities to use and enjoy the housing. This right is protected…

Podcasts

Podcast: Harassment in Rental Housing
December 2018
Listen to our podcast on harassment in rental housing! This podcast is about sexual harassment in rental housing and what to do if you believe that you have been harassed by your landlord, an…

Podcasts

Podcast: Religious Discrimination in Rental Housing
December 2018
Listen to our podcast on religious discrimination in rental housing! This podcast talks about housing discrimination on the basis of religion. For decades in the United States, the Fair Housing Act…

Podcasts

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…

Podcasts

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…

Podcasts

Podcast: Familial Status Protections under Fair Housing laws
November 2018
Many landlords or housing providers don't know their responsibilities when it comes to renting to families with children or don't even know that families with children enjoy a protected status under…

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Cadaaladda Guryaha: Xaqa Aad u Leedahay Guri Kireysasho ama Guri Iibsasho
November 2018
Waa maxay macnaha "Cadaaladda Guryaha" (Fair Housing)?  Gobolka Maine waxa ka jira sharci gobol iyo sharci federal oo ku saabsan “cadaaladda Guryaha”.
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