Unless a building or community qualifies as housing for
older persons, it may not discriminate based on familial
status. That is, it may not discriminate against families
in which one or more children under 18 live with:
* A parent
* A person who has legal custody of the child or children
or
* The designee of the parent or legal custodian, with the
parent or custodian's written permission.
Familial status protection also applies to pregnant women
and anyone securing legal custody of a child under 18.
Exemption: Housing for older persons is exempt from the
prohibition against familial status discrimination if:
* The HUD Secretary has determined that it is specifically
designed for and occupied by elderly persons under a
Federal, State or local government program or
* It is occupied solely by persons who are 62 or older or
* It houses at least one person who is 55 or older in at
least 80 percent of the occupied units, and adheres to a
policy that demonstrates an intent to house persons who are
55 or older.
Unless one of the exemptions applies as stated above, a
family should not be directed to certain areas of the
complex or to certain floors of a building. A family has
the right to rent any unit that is available.
If you feel you have been wrongfully discriminated against,
then consider filing a complaint with HUD.
Continue on to discrimination complaint
process.
(source in part: www.hud.gov)