It is illegal to discriminate because of national origin in the sale, rental, or financing of dwellings, and in other housing-related transactions.
Examples of such discrimination include:
- Housing advertisements stating that persons are not wanted because of national origin
- Administering rules and procedures that unfairly target persons because of national origin
- Denying a housing application, a dwelling, or evicting persons because of national origin
- Steering or restricting persons to one area of a building or complex because of national origin
- Requiring persons to show extra forms of identification to apply for housing, such as green card, passport or social security card.
- Housing advertisements stating that persons are preferred or not wanted because of national origin