Fair Housing
Assessment of Fair Housing (AFH)
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development accepted the Richland County Assessment of Fair Housing (AFH), Feb. 23, 2017. Richland County and the Columbia Housing Authority (CHA), in close collaboration with the South Carolina Human Affairs Commission (SCHAC), joined together to prepare, conduct and submit the AFH. Presented within the AFH is certification that collectively, the County, CHA and SCHAC are committed to Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing by taking meaningful actions to accomplish goals. Please click here to access the AFH.
Fair Housing Is the Law
Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (Fair Housing Act), as amended, prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental and financing of dwellings, and in other housing-related transactions, based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status (including children under the age of 18 living with parents of legal custodians, pregnant women, and people securing custody of children under the age of 18), and handicap (disability).
Title VI prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color or national origin in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance.
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Ley de Equidad de Vivienda (Fair Housing Act)
El Título VIII de la Ley de Derechos Civiles de 1968 (Ley de Equidad de Vivienda), con sus modificaciones, prohibe la discriminación en la venta, alquiler y financiamiento de viviendas, y en otras transacciones relacionadas con la vivienda, basada en la raza, el color, la nacionalidad, la religión, el sexo, el tipo de familia (incluyendo niños menores de 18 años que viven con sus padres o con custodios legales, mujeres embarazadas y personas con custodia de niños menores de 18 años) y discapacidad.