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	Explaining the Law and Providing Self-Help Information for Low-Income Iowans

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	Common Legal Terms (Separate Website) An online glossary of legal terms from A to W By: Iowa Judicial Branch


	Denying Housing to Survivors of Domestic Violence May Violate Fair Housing Laws It is hard enough for anyone to find decent affordable housing. Finding housing may be even harder for women who are survivors of domestic violence. Why would this be? By: Iowa Legal Aid Read this in: Bosnian / Bosanski , Spanish / Español


	Fair Housing - Making New Apartments Accessible to Persons with Disabilities The Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 made a lot of changes in fair housing law. One of the changes dealt with making apartments accessible. When does an apartment have to meet the fair housing accessibility requirements? By: Iowa Legal Aid


	Fair Housing Laws Protect Immigrants Information on fair housing laws and what tenants can do if a landlord discriminates against them. By: Iowa Legal Aid Read this in: Spanish / Español


	Fair Housing Quiz Test your knowledge of the law with a three-question quiz about fair housing issues. By: Iowa Legal Aid


	Tenants Protected from Discrimination Based on Sex Some tenants who have a disagreement with their landlord, or fall behind in the rent are threatened with eviction. Sometimes a landlord may ask for sex from a tenant in payment for rent or to stop an eviction. This is illegal. By: Iowa Legal Aid


	The Fair Housing Act & Iowa Civil Rights Act Protect Housing Rights of Persons with a Mental Disability Discrimination against a person with a mental disability is illegal. The federal Fair Housing Act and the Iowa Civil Rights Act require landlords to make exceptions, called "reasonable accommodations," in rules, policies, practices or services. By: Iowa Legal Aid


	What Duty Does a Landlord Have to Accommodate a Tenant's Disability? There is not enough low- and moderate-income housing to meet the need. Persons with disabilities may have even fewer housing choices. Some rental units could become suitable with a few changes. The landlord's rules or policies might need to change before the tenant could live there. What are a tenant's rights in such cases? By: Iowa Legal Aid


	What Is Discrimination in Housing? Some of the things a landlord considers in choosing tenants or in deciding how to treat a particular tenant are legal and proper. Others are illegal, improper, and cannot be considered. By: Iowa Legal Aid


	What Should a Person Who Has Been Discriminated Against in Housing Do? Who to contact in housing discrimination cases. By: Iowa Legal Aid Read this in: Spanish / Español


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