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The Fair Housing Council of Oregon (FHCO) is a nonprofit civil rights organization driven to eliminate illegal housing discrimination through enforcement and education across Oregon and southwest Washington.

We promote equal access to housing by providing education, outreach, technical assistance, and enforcement opportunities specifically related to federal, state, and local fair housing laws. These laws protect against illegal housing discrimination based on “protected class status” in any housing transaction and, in fact, any housing situation.

Federally Protected Classes:
race, color, national origin, religion, gender, familial status, and disability

State Protected Classes Include:
marital status, source of income, sexual orientation including gender identity, honorably discharged veterans / military status, and domestic violence victims.
There are, often, additional local protected classes (Click the "LEARN MORE" link at right).

Fair Housing Laws Apply To:

individual homes, duplexes, multifamily housing (apartments, condos, and townhomes), retirement housing, adult foster homes and longterm care facilities, homeless shelters and other nonprofit housing, etc.
sales, rentals, mortgage lending, building and construction, home insurance, appraisals, and inspections, land use regulations, zoning, as well as neighbor-on-neighbor harassment

Click the links above to learn about each protected class or use the "LEARN MORE" link above to learn about the work we do and see a matrix of protected class by jurisdiction.

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	Breaking News 2012 Asian and Pacific Islander Community in Multnomah County: An Unselttling Profile Coalition of Communities of Color and PSU Report 10/29/12 Living Apart: How the Government Betrayed a Landmark Civil Rights Law Oregonian Article 06/03/12 Locked Out: Failure of Pdx-Area Fair Housing Oregonian Article 03/20/2012 Ruling on Racial Disparate Impact in Housing Tax Credits Case Against TX Agency Court Order 03/19/2012 Race Discrimination Suit Filed in NY -Fair Housing Justice Center Article -Complaint 03/14/2012 HUD On Ex-Offenders in Public Housing Midwest Affordable Housing Mgmt. Assn. Article 03/07/2012 Senate Hearing on Lending Discrimination, Foreclosure Abuses -Televised Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing -NFHA Media Release 03/05/2012 LGBTQ Equal Access to HUD Housing HUD Webinar 03/05/2012 How Animals And Humans Heal Each Other -NPR Radio Spot -NPR Article 03/01/2012 Oregon History Comics Series Delves into Issues of Discrimination Portland Mercy Article 02/23/2012 Analysis of Proposed Federal Budget Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center Article 02/23/2012 Mystery Shoppers Expose Rental Discrimination WSDU.com Video 02/22/2012 HUD and NFHA Launch Media Campaign Joint Media Release 02/21/2012 HUD and NFHA Launch Media Campaign Joint Media Release 02/20/2012 Long Island Discriminatory Land Use Case to Proceed -Fair Housing Justice Center Media Release -Complaint 02/14/2012 HBO's 'The Loving Story' and the Supreme Court Ruling on Interracial Marriage in the 1950s -HBO Trailer on YouTube -HBO Director's Interview -The Loving Story Site 02/13/2012 WA Governor Signs Historic Marriage Equality Legislation Governor Gregoire Media Release 02/13/2012 FHCO Receives 3 HUD Grants FHCO Media Release 02/11/2012 Racial Discrimination Suit Filed Against Bernard Perish Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center Medial Release 02/10/2012 Magner v. Gallagher Disparate Impact Case Withdrawn -NFHA Media Release -The Opportunity Agenda Article 02/10/2012 Million Awarded by Federal Jury for Discrimination Against Children Fair Housing Center of the Greater Palm Beaches Media Release 02/10/2012 St. Paul Withdraws Petition in Housing Discrimination Case MinnLawyer Blog Post 02/10/2012 Washington's Marriage Equity Legislation Governor's Statement 02/09/2012 What the National Foreclosure Settlement Means for Oregon Oregon DOJ Letter 02/06/2012 Justice without borders: Undocumented tenants rights (Spanish) Univision of Portland Interview with Community Alliance of Tenants in Spanish Note: FHCO's correct phone number is 800/424-3247 Ext. 2 02/06/2012 African American History Month Governor's Proclamation 02/03/2012 The Myth of Desegregation: Discrimination and Criminal History Time.com Article 02/01/2012 Report Suggests End of the Segregated Century NPR's Talk of the Nation 02/01/2012 Segregation Is Still A Reality: A Response To ‘End of the Segregated Century’ Report MetroTrends Blog Article 01/31/2012 FHC / DOJ Racial Suit Against St. Bernard Parish -Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center Media Release -DOJ Media Release 01/30/2012 HUD Issues New Rule LGBT Protections HUD Media Release 01/28/2012 Portland's Q Center Applauds HUD Rule to Protect LGBT Households Portland's Q Center Blog Post 01/21/2012 Fair Housing in Oregon with FHCO's Diane Hess The Real Estate Show Radio Interview 01/16/2012 It's Not About the Bikes Portland Mercury Article 01/16/2012 The Oregon Legislature's First Report Card on Racial Equity -Facing Race Report Card -OPB Think Out Loud Program -Oregonian Article 01/13/2012 Amicus Briefs on Manger v. Gallagher Disparate Impact Case -NFHA et. al Amicus Brief -Former HUD Officials Amicus Brief (01/3/2012) -All Amici Submitted Importance of Disparate Impact; Talking About Magner v. Gallagher -The Opportunity Agenda Article 01/12/2012 Whites Only Sign Posted in Housing Community Yahoo! News Article 01/04/2012 President Appoints Head of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau NFHA Media Release 2012 Latino Community in Multnomah County: An Unselttling Profile Coalition of Communities of Color and PSU Report

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	Events and Classes SAVE THE DATE! Join us at Portland Center Stage for a special performance of Clybourne Park on April 18th, 2012 Click here for details on the April 18th show and private FHCO reception. You can also use promo code FAIRHOUSE to purchase tickets for any Clybourne Park performance (April 9 - May 5) to save money and support FHCO. Reviews for this Tony and Pulitzer Prize winning play: Integration, Gentrification, Conversation The New York Times Slashing the Tires on the Welcome Wagon, The New York Times Check out these community offerings! The historical significance and civil rights importance of these programs make each relevant to the work we do at FHCO: OREGON NIKKEI: REFLECTIONS OF AN AMERICAN COMMUNITY Coming Home: Voices of Return and Resettlement, 1945-1965 11/172012 - 03/31/2013 Japanese American History Museum ALL ABOARD: RAILROADING AND PORTLAND'S BLACK OMMUNITY 01/15/2013 - 04/21/2013 The Oregon Historical Society AMERICANS ALL: THE BRACERO PROGRAM IN WASHINGTON COUNTY 11/17/2012 - 06/30/2013 Washington County Museum

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If you have a fair housing question, or to report a fair housing complaint, please call 503/223-8197 Ext. 2 or 800/424-3247 Ext. 2 (TTY and translation available). Alternatively, you may call HUD at 800/877-0246.

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Oregon and Southwest Washington
506 SW Sixth, Suite 1111, PORTLAND OR . 97204
information@FHCO.org .| .503/223-8197 .| .Hotline 800/424-3247 Ext. 2

The work that provided the basis for this publication was supported by funding under a grant with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The substance and findings of the work are dedicated to the public. The author and the publisher are solely responsible for the accuracy of the statements and interpretations contained in this publication. Such interpretations do not necessarily reflect the views of the Federal Government.