The Fair Housing Act and the Tennessee Human Rights Act prohibit a difference in treatment in residential housing that is based on one’s:
Race, Color, Religion, National Origin, Sex, Familial Status, or Disability. (Creed in Tennessee)
Sex: Means- Gender – treating men differently than women; Gender Identity – the personal sense of one’s own gender; Sexual Orientation – a person’s sexual identity.
Sexual Harassment – if your landlord asks to trade sexual favors for rent
Familial Status Means – the presence of one or more people under the age of 18 in the home
A parent attempting to regain custody of one or more children
A pregnant woman
Disability Means – a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activity
A person may be defined as disabled under the Fair Housing Act even if not so defined by the Social Security Department
They may be a person with the disability, with a record of having a disability, or is perceived as having a disability