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Housing discrimination is a violation of a people’s right to equal opportunity in housing. It is based on patterns of exclusion or undue favoritism in housing transactions that affect a qualified applicant’s chance to buy or rent housing. This disparate treatment of an individual in the housing market is based on where he lives or […]
Are you looking for equal opportunity housing? Have you heard of fair housing laws? You might be thinking how these could help you. They guarantee you equal opportunities regardless of race, religion, gender, disability, or where you come from. That’s right! This isn’t just a myth, it’s a reality. What is fair housing, exactly? It […]
How to Have Equal Opportunity Employment As defined in Executive Order 93-20, every state agency with a workforce of 50 (not counting the headcount) must submit to the Office of Special Counsel an annual Equal Opportunity Employment Analysis. This document contains an application form for each covered position, a summary of job duties and qualifications, […]
How it feels to be discriminated against is one of the most difficult questions one can ask oneself. For as long as discrimination goes on, how it feels like to be discriminated against will never change. We all have experienced some form of discrimination in our lives and if we can recognize the traits that […]
For many employers and business owners, the real issue of workplace retaliation is considered to be unlawful discrimination of an employee against his/her request for continuation in employment. In fact, many common forms of discrimination against employees happen right under the guise of legality – such as age discrimination, gender discrimination, race discrimination, and so […]
What are the rights and benefits of treating everyone fairly under the law? The idea is that all individuals have the same legal rights. Those rights are called civil liberties. Civil liberties to protect our freedoms and rights such as: freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures, etc. Civil liberties […]
Many people in the United Kingdom still think that discrimination and harassment are things that happen in other countries, when they could have easily been prevented by careful planning and evaluation. Unfortunately, this is a myth that many British people live every day. When a person or organization feels that they have been discriminated against […]
Understanding Fair Housing Laws Fair housing discrimination in the US refers to the current and historic discriminatory practices, policies, and practices that prohibit equitable access to affordable housing. Over the past century, housing discrimination became even more severe as part of Jim Crow policies, which enforced racial discrimination. The Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination based […]
Did you know that HUD does not even require you to get a loan to start your home based business, but in order to obtain a federal loan for any type of loan you will have to have the proper paperwork. It is important that you check out the information you need before you begin […]
US Department of HUD – Foreclosure Rates When it comes to HUD foreclosures, the numbers are out there and they look huge. Some states have even higher foreclosure rates than others. The US Department of Housing and Urban Development has put together a list of the top ten states with the highest number of foreclosures […]