Under the Fair Housing Act, protection from disability discrimination applies to which housing transactions?

• A. Discrimination is allowed in some housing
• B. Public housing only
• C. Only rental housing
• D. All types of housing transactions

Answer: (D)

Disability discrimination under the Fair Housing Act is broad and applies across the main ways people access housing. It protects you when you try to buy or rent a home, when you seek financing or a loan, and in the terms, conditions, and services connected to those housing transactions. In short, the act covers sale, rental, financing, and related advertising and brokerage activities, so protection isn’t limited to one type of housing or to public housing. There are narrow exemptions in very specific circumstances, but the general rule is that disability discrimination is prohibited in all typical housing transactions.