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Housing

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The Housing pages, under the Legal Rights section of the NAD website include information for deaf and hard of hearing consumers and their families who want to know about their rights when working with a realtor to purchase a home or who are looking for or are tenants in private and public rental housing.

Whether you are a first-time homebuyer or are experienced, read about your rights when working with a real estate agent.  Access to the services of a realtor is covered under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act, under Public Accommodations.

If you are a renter, your rights are covered under the Fair Housing Act that prohibits landlords, real estate sellers, condominium management companies and homeowners’ associations from discrimination based on disability. The regulations to the Fair Housing Act include responsibilities of landlords and building owners. Find out if your state has a law that requires landlords to provide free visual smoke detectors.  

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Housing News
• NAD Files Complaint against Mortgage and Settlement Companies for Refusing To Provide Interpreters
• NAD Settles Lawsuit Against Mortgage and Settlement Companies

Legal Rights
• Housing - Main Page
• Realtors: The Responsibilities of Realtors to Deaf Clients
• Landlord and Tenant: Rights of Deaf Individuals in Private Housing

The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) Law and Advocacy Center prepared this material as informal guidance. This is not legal advice. The NAD assumes no liability for this material.

For additional information or technical assistance about how laws against disability discrimination apply to you, contact the NAD Law and Advocacy Center, 301-587-7730 Voice/TTY, 301-587-0234 FAX, nadlaw@nad.org; a local attorney (for more information, see  Get a Lawyer); or an enforcement agency (see list at www.ada.govor call 800-514-0301 Voice or 800-514-0383 TTY).