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Legal Topics: Fair Housing
Statutes and Rules: (Additional statutes, regulations & opinions may apply to your specific situation.)
United States Code Title 42, Chapter 45, Fair Housing.
24 CFR Part 100 to 125, Fair Housing.
Fair Housing: Federal Laws, from FindLaw.
Minnesota Statutes, § 363A.09, Unfair Discriminatory Practices Relating to Real Property; § 363A.10, Real Property; Disability Discrimination.
Resources:
Complaints, from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Consumers Guide to Fair Housing, from the Fair Housing Council of Suburban Philadelphia.
Fair Housing, from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Fair Housing Rights and Housing Discrimination, from FindLaw.
Housing, from LawHelpMN.org.
Housing and Civil Enforcement, section of the United States Department of Justice.
Legal Research Resources, from the National Fair Housing Advocate Online.
Questions and Answers on: Fair Housing, from the North Carolina Real Estate Commission. 
We are sometimes asked if there are laws that limit whether children of the opposite sex may share a bedroom. Here are some items to help answer that question:
From the North Carolina Real Estate Commission brochure: Q: Can a landlord or agent limit the number of children allowed in a bedroom, or prohibit the sharing of bedrooms by children of the opposite sex?
A: No. Although a landlord may set "occupancy standards" for the number of people that will be allowed to live in a unit, the standards should not be based on the age or sex of the individuals.
From the National Fair Housing Advocate Online, a news item: Overly Restrictive Lansdale Housing Ordinance Changed.
Related Topics: Civil Rights.
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