U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
451 7th Street, SW
Washington, DC 20410
Phone (202) 708-1112
TTY (202) 708-1455
Toll Free (800) 333-4636
Website: www.hud.gov/offices/fheo/index.cfm

The Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development administers federal laws and establishes national policies that ensure all Americans have equal access to the housing of their choice. Activities carried out by the office include implementing and enforcing the Fair Housing Act and other civil rights laws. They also investigate discrimination in housing, the making or purchasing of loans or providing other financial services for dwelling, including making available property insurance. In addition, they investigate discrimination cases against bad landlords in federal housing, manufactured housing, land sales, deceptive contractors, fraud, waste, and abuse.

U.S. Department of Justice

Civil Rights Division/Housing Enforcement Section
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530
Phone (202) 514-4713
Fax (202) 514-1116
Website: www.usdoj.gov/crt/activity.html#hce
The Housing and Civil Enforcement Section has responsibility for enforcing federal civil rights laws, including the Fair Housing Act, which prohibits discrimination in all types of housing transactions; the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, which prohibits discrimination in lending; Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination in places of public accommodation, such as hotels, restaurants and certain places of entertainment; and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, which prohibits, in part, land use regulations that impose substantial burdens on religious exercise. This office can seek damages, civil penalties, in addition to injunctive relief in fair housing cases; seek relief for individual victims of discrimination as well as against the “pattern of practice” of discrimination when the denial of rights has occurred to a group of persons.

Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

Fair Housing and Community Development Project
1401 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: (202) 662-8600
Fax: (202) 783-0857
Website: www.lawyerscomm.org

The Fair Housing and Community Development Project litigates fair housing lawsuits under the Fair Housing Act to challenge discrimination in rental and private markets as well as in public and assisted housing.

National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA)

1212 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 525
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: (202) 898-1661
Fax: (202) 371-9744
Email: nfha@nationalfairhousing.org
Website: www.nationlfairhousing.org

NFHA is a consortium of approximately 100 private nonprofit fair housing centers. NFHA and its members conduct testing and enforce fair housing laws. Its mission is to eliminate housing discrimination through education and enforcement.