Keyword Details: Housing, Discrimination
Programs that provide assistance for people who believe that they have been denied an opportunity to purchase, lease or rent the home or apartment of their choice due to their age, gender, family composition (including families with children under the age of 18 and pregnant women), race or color, nationality, religion, disability, sexual orientation or marital status, actions that are prohibited by the federal Fair Housing Act of 1968 and the federal Fair Housing Act Amendments Act of 1988 in the U.S. Federal fair housing law also extends limited protection to recovering alcoholics who actively and regularly participate in a medically based treatment or AA program, and people with a drug use disorder including those who have prior convictions for illegal drug use (but not for drug dealing or manufacture). Assistance may also be available to other individuals who are protected from housing discrimination by state or local laws with a broader set of protected categories, or which cover properties that are exempt from federal fair housing laws but are protected under state law.
The Equal Rights Division enforces laws prohibiting discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodations, and the state's family and medical leave law. Enforces labor standard laws pertaining to minimum wage, overtime pay, time payment of wages, employment of minors, and notification of ...
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Provides information and resource for foreclosure, reverse mortgage, mortgage insurance and rehabilitation funding programs. Videos and resources available online. Responsible for the investigation of housing discrimination complaints under the Fair Housing Act, as assigned, as well as other civil ...
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Promotes fair housing throughout the State of Wisconsin. Conducts intake of fair housing complaints and counsels complainants on their option for administrative or judicial remedy. Investigates allegations of housing discrimination. Addresses fair lending and seeks to eradicate predatory lending ...
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