Housing Opportunities For
Families
Unless a building or community qualifies as housing for
older persons, it may not discriminate based on familial
status. That is, it may not discriminate against families
in which one or more children under 18 live with:
- A parent
- A person who has legal custody of the child or children
or
- The designee of the parent or legal custodian, with
the parent or custodian's written permission.
Familial status protection also applies to pregnant women
and anyone securing leqal custody of a child under 18.
Exemption: Housing for older persons is exempt
from the prohibition against familial status discrimination
if:
- The HUD Secretary has determined that it is specifically
designed for and occupied by elderly persons under a
- Federal, State or local government program or
- It is occupied solely by persons who are 62 or older
or
- It houses at least one person who is 55 or older in
at least 80 percent of the occupied units, and adheres
to a policy that demonstrates an intent to house persons
who are 55 or older.
A transition period permits residents on or before September
13, 1988, to continue living in the housing, regardless
of their age, without interfering with the exemption. |
