HUD Handbook 4350.3 § 2-18

A.      Owners must not deny or limit services based on race, color, religion, sex,
                disability, familial status, or national origin of the applicant, tenant, or a person
                associated with the applicant or tenant.

        B.      Prohibited activities include, but are not limited to, the following:

                1.      Using different requirements in leases. Examples include charging
                        different rents, charging different security deposits, or requiring persons
                        with disabilities who use electric wheelchairs or motorized scooters to
                        have personal liability insurance. (For more information about lease
                        requirements, see paragraph 6-5);

                        NOTE: This prohibition includes the use of different house rules for
                        different tenants. For instance, owners must not have more stringent
                        noise requirements for families with children than for families without
                        children.

HUD Occupancy Handbook                            2-13                                                 6/07
Chapter 2: Civil Rights and
Nondiscrimination Requirements

                                                                            Nondiscrimination Requirements
                                                                                Under the Fair Housing Act

2.     Failing to provide or delaying maintenance on rental units;

                 3.     Failing to process a rental offer;

                 4.     Limiting the use of privileges, services, or facilities associated with renting
                        a unit; and

                 5.     Denying or limiting services because the renter failed or refused to
                        provide sexual favors, or providing extra benefits to an individual in
                        exchange for the provision of sexual favors.

       C.        Federal discrimination laws generally prohibit housing providers from
                 implementing policies or practices that appear to be neutral on their face but
                 have a significant adverse or disproportionate impact on persons based on race,
                 color, religion, sex, national origin, familial status, or disability.