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In 2005, the United States passed the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), the first federal law to recognize domestic violence as a serious and widespread problem and to broaden the
OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Act) is a government agency created in 1970 to protect employees from hazardous working conditions. OSHA’s mission is to provide a safe and healthy work
Under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), abuse of any kind is considered domestic violence. Abuse may be physical, sexual, psychological, or emotional. It can occur in an intimate relationship
According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, “Ninety-four percent of domestic violence survivors experience housing discrimination because of their relationship with a batterer.” This means that a large percentage
Housing discrimination is a well-known problem in the United States, but it can still happen to domestic violence survivors even after they have received housing assistance. And victims of domestic
Recently, HUD issued its final notice regarding physical condition scoring and deficiency definitions for REAC inspections. The rule alters the physical condition scoring system to be consistent with the internal
As per the Fair Housing Act, the Fair Housing rights and obligations include: Advertising any preference, limitation, or discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or
On January 13th, 2021, HUD published a proposed rule in the Federal Register that presents a new approach to defining and assessing housing quality among HUD programs, calling the approach,
As per the Federal Housing Act of 1968 and the Federal Fair Housing Act Amendment Act of 1988, discrimination on the basis of protected categories – race, color, religion, national
As of 2020, as per a report by the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University, one in three American households is occupied by renters. The basic discrimination
