House & Apartment

In Illinois, housing discrimination laws protect people involved in real estate Property consisting of land or buildings like a house or an apartment transactions. This includes:

• Looking for housing,
• Applying for housing,
• Renting a home, and
• Buying residential property, like a house, condominium, or mobile home.

These laws apply to discrimination based on actual and perceived characteristics. A person can violate the law by treating someone differently because:

• The person has a protected characteristic, or
• The person is believed to have a protected characteristic.

Report problems with housing discrimination by filing a complaint A written statement to start a lawsuit that says what the defendant did with the Illinois Department of Human Rights. The complaint must be filed within one year (365 days) of the last alleged discriminatory act.