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HUD Handbook 4350.3: Occupancy Requirements of Subsidized Multifamily Housing Programs

2-20 Retaliatory Occupancy Practices, Coercion, Intimidation, and Interference

HUD Handbook 4350.3 REV-1 — Occupancy Requirements of Subsidized Multifamily Housing Programs · 2026 edition · updated 2026-10-05 · United States

  • A. It is unlawful to coerce, intimidate, threaten, or interfere with any person’s exercise or enjoyment of any Fair Housing right described in this chapter. It is also unlawful to take such action on account of a person’s actions to aid or encourage any other person in the exercise or enjoyment of any Fair Housing rights described in this chapter.

  • B. Some examples of threatening activities based on race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, or national origin include, but are not limited to, the following:

    1. Intimidating or threatening a person verbally, in writing, or in some other way that results in that person being denied the benefits of living in a unit (including creating an environment hostile to applicants or tenants with respect to one or more of the prohibited bases listed above);

    2. Threatening, intimidating, or interfering with a person’s enjoyment of a dwelling because of the race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, or national origin of such person, or of visitors or associates of such person (including sexual harassment);

    3. Threatening an employee or agent with firing or other negative action for any legal, nondiscriminating, pro-regulatory, effort to help someone rent a unit;

    4. Intimidating or threatening any person because that person is engaging in activities designed to make other persons aware of Fair Housing rights, or encouraging such other persons to exercise their Fair Housing rights as described in this chapter;

    5. Failing to investigate and address allegations that a tenant or group of tenants is harassing or threatening another tenant because of that tenant’s race, color, national origin, sex, religion, disability, or familial status.

    6. Retaliating against a person who has made a complaint, testified, or in any way assisted with proceedings under the Fair Housing Act.

HUD Occupancy Handbook Chapter 2: Civil Rights and Nondiscrimination Requirements

6/07

2-15

Section 2: Nondiscrimination Requirements Under the Fair Housing Act

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