Fair Housing Information

What is the Fair Housing Act?

Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (Fair Housing Act), as amended, prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of dwellings, and in other housing-related transactions, based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status (including children under the age of 18 living with parents of legal custodians, pregnant women, and people securing custody of children under the age of 18), and handicap (disability).

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For additional information &/or assistance, please contact:

CT Fair Housing Center
221 Main Street, Suite 401
Hartford, CT 06106                                                                    
860-247-4400

Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities (CHRO)
21 Grand Street
Hartford, CT 06101
860-541-3403