FAIR HOUSING RIGHTS

Law of Florida and the United States prohibit discrimination against persons in the sales, rental or denial of any privilege a benefit of housing on the basis of race, color, national origin, familial status or disability.  The Law Offices of Matthew W. Dietz, P.L., has handled matters involving housing discrimination on the basis of race, familial status, sexual orientation, and disability.  "Fair housing is not a choice, its the LAW."

The Law Offices of Matthew W. Dietz, P.L., works with local fair housing agencies as well as persons who were discriminated against.  As housing discrimination is often hard to prove, Federally funded Fair Housing agencies  can investigate complaints and determine if the denial of housing was due to discrimination.  Click Here to watch Franklin the Fair Housing Fox.

The Law Offices of Matthew W. Dietz, P.L. is proud to work with Housing Opportunities Project for Excellence, Inc. (H.O.P.E., Inc.), a private fair housing, not-for-profit, 501 (c) 3 corporation established in 1988, one of three in Florida dedicated to eliminating housing discrimination and promoting fair housing. H.O.P.E., Inc. employs a three-tiered system of private enforcement, education outreach and counseling to achieve its mission to fight housing discrimination in Miami-Dade and Broward counties and to promote equal housing opportunities throughout Florida. It's programs are designed to ensure that people are offered the right to select housing of their choice without discrimination based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, marital or familial status, or such other protected classes as may be conferred by federal, state or local laws. H.O.P.E., Inc. is the only private not-for-profit fair housing organization in South Florida engaged in testing for fair housing law violations and pursuing enforcement of meritorious claims.