Fair Housing
The Seattle Office for Civil Rights has jurisdiction within Seattle city limits. For housing discrimination outside Seattle, contact another agency.
Fair housing is the right of everyone to have equal access to housing and housing services. It protects applicants and tenants against illegal discrimination based on a protected class. Learn more about protected classes.
Fair housing covers all types of housing transactions, most types of housing, and anyone involved in renting property. The most common types of housing discrimination are different treatment, harassment, reasonable accommodation, and retaliation. Read more about fair housing laws.
If you believe you have been discriminated against, you can file a complaint or contact discriminationquestions@seattle.gov.
If you have a question or need help with how to follow fair housing laws, contact discrimination@seattle.gov.
Training
Fair Housing: The Basics Training for Housing Providers
Date: Saturday, May 9, 10am-12pm
Location: Van Asselt Community Center, 2820 S Myrtle St, Seattle, WA 98108.
This training for housing providers offers a basic overview of fair housing laws in the City of Seattle. This is not an advanced class. Training topics include different treatment, harassment, reasonable accommodations and modifications, service animals, retaliation, alternative source of income, first-in-time, and fair chance housing and eviction records.
Registration is required. If you don’t register and arrive at the training location, we will ask you to wait until it begins to see if we have space. If you can’t make it to this session, we plan on having others on June 4, September 12, and October 22 (dates are subject to change).
Contact Monica Beach at monica.beach@seattle.gov or call (206) 684-4521 (TTY: 7-1-1) for questions about the training, reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities, and language services.
Other Housing Laws
The Seattle Office for Civil Rights also enforces the Fair Chance Housing and Eviction Records law, first-in-time, and source of income protections.