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The Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination in housing because of:

• Race or color
• National origin
• Religion
• Sex
• Familial status (including children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians; pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18)
• Handicap (Disability)
  

What Housing Is Covered? The Fair Housing Act covers most housing. In some circumstances, the Act exempts owner-occupied buildings with no more than four units, single-family housing sold or rented without the use of a broker, and housing operated by organizations and private clubs that limit occupancy to members.

What Is Prohibited? In the Sale and Rental of Housing: No one may take any of the following actions based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, family status or handicap:

• Refuse to rent or sell housing
• Refuse to negotiate for housing
• Make housing unavailable
• Deny a dwelling
• Set different terms, conditions or privileges for sale or rental of a dwelling
• Provide different housing services or facilities
• Falsely deny that housing is available for inspection, sale, or rental
• For profit, persuade owners to sell or rent (blockbusting) or
• Deny anyone access to or membership in a facility or service (such as a multiple listing service) related to the sale or rental of housing.

In Addition: It is illegal for anyone to:

• Threaten, coerce, intimidate or interfere with anyone exercising a fair housing right or assisting others who exercise that right
• Advertise or make any statement that indicates a limitation or preference based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status, or handicap. This prohibition against discriminatory advertising applies to single-family and owner-occupied housing that is otherwise exempt from the Fair Housing Act.

Additional Protection If You Have a Disability If you or someone associated with you:

• Have a physical or mental disability (including hearing, mobility and visual impairments, chronic alcoholism, chronic mental illness, AIDS, AIDS Related Complex and mental retardation) that substantially limits one or more major life activities
• Have a record of such a disability or
• Are regarded as having such a disability your landlord may not:
• Refuse to let you make reasonable modifications to your dwelling or common use areas, at your expense, if necessary for the disabled person to use the housing. (Where reasonable, the landlord may permit changes only if you agree to restore the property to its original condition when you move.)
• Refuse to make reasonable accommodations in rules, policies, practices or services if necessary for the disabled person to use the housing.

your landlord may not:

• Refuse to let you make reasonable modifications to your dwelling or common use areas, at your expense, if necessary for the disabled person to use the housing. (Where reasonable, the landlord may permit changes only if you agree to restore the property to its original condition when you move.)
• Refuse to make reasonable accommodations in rules, policies, practices or services if necessary for the disabled person to use the housing.

Example: A building with a "no pets" policy must allow a visually impaired tenant to keep a guide dog.
Example: An apartment complex that offers tenants ample, unassigned parking must honor a request from a mobility-impaired tenant for a reserved space near her apartment if necessary to assure that she can have access to her apartment.

However, housing need not be made available to a person who is a direct threat to the health or safety of others or who currently uses illegal drugs.

Requirements for New Buildings - In buildings that are ready for first occupancy after March 13, 1991, and have an elevator and four or more units:

• Public and common areas must be accessible to persons with disabilities
• Doors and hallways must be wide enough for wheelchairs
• All units must have:
  An accessible route into and through the unit
  Accessible light switches, electrical outlets, thermostats and other environmental controls
  Reinforced bathroom walls to allow later installation of grab bars and
  Kitchens and bathrooms that can be used by people in wheelchairs.

If a building with four or more units has no elevator and will be ready for first occupancy after March 13, 1991, these standards apply to ground floor units.
These requirements for new buildings do not replace any more stringent standards in State or local law.

Housing Opportunities For Families - Unless a building or community qualifies as housing for older persons, it may not discriminate based on familial status. That is, it may not discriminate against families in which one or more children under 18 live with:

• A parent
• A person who has legal custody of the child or children or
• The designee of the parent or legal custodian, with the parent or custodian's written permission.

Familial status protection also applies to pregnant women and anyone securing legal custody of a child under 18.

Exemption: Housing for older persons is exempt from the prohibition against familial status discrimination if:

• The HUD Secretary has determined that it is specifically designed for and occupied by elderly persons under a Federal, State or local government program or
• It is occupied solely by persons who are 62 or older or
• It houses at least one person who is 55 or older in at least 80 percent of the occupied units, and adheres to a policy that demonstrates an intent to house persons who are 55 or older. A transition period permits residents on or before September 13, 1988, to continue living in the housing, regardless of their age, without interfering with the exemption.

If You Think Your Rights Have Been Violated - HUD is ready to help with any problem of housing discrimination. If you think your rights have been violated, the Housing Discrimination Complaint Form is available for you to download, complete and return, or complete online and submit, or you may write HUD a letter, or telephone the HUD Office nearest you. You have one year after an alleged violation to file a complaint with HUD, but you should file it as soon as possible.

What to Tell HUD -

• Your name and address
• The name and address of the person your complaint is against (the respondent)
• The address or other identification to the housing involved
• A short description to the alleged violation (the event that caused you to believe your rights were violated)
• The date(s) to the alleged violation

Where to Write or Call: Send the Housing Discrimination Complaint Form or a letter to the HUD Office nearest you or you may call that office directly.

If You Are Disabled - HUD also provides:

• A toll-free TTY phone for the hearing impaired: 1-800-927-9275.
• Interpreters
• Tapes and braille materials
• Assistance in reading and completing forms

What Happens When You File A Complaint? - HUD will notify you when it receives your complaint. Normally, HUD also will:

• Notify the alleged violator of your complaint and permit that person to submit an answer
• Investigate your complaint and determine whether there is reasonable cause to believe the Fair Housing Act has been violated
• Notify you if it cannot complete an investigation within 100 days of receiving your complaint

Conciliation - HUD will try to reach an agreement with the person your complaint is against (the respondent). A conciliation agreement must protect both you and the public interest. If an agreement is signed, HUD will take no further action on your complaint. However, if HUD has reasonable cause to believe that a conciliation agreement is breached, HUD will recommend that the Attorney General file suit.

Complaint Referrals - If HUD has determined that your State or local agency has the same fair housing powers as HUD, HUD will refer your complaint to that agency for investigation and notify you of the referral. That agency must begin work on your complaint within 30 days or HUD may take it back.

What If You Need Help Quickly? If you need immediate help to stop a serious problem that is being caused by a Fair Housing Act violation, HUD may be able to assist you as soon as you file a complaint. HUD may authorize the Attorney General to go to court to seek temporary or preliminary relief, pending the outcome of your complaint, if:

• Irreparable harm is likely to occur without HUD's intervention
• There is substantial evidence that a violation of the Fair Housing Act occurred

Example: A builder agrees to sell a house but, after learning thebuyer is black, fails to keep the agreement. The buyer files a complaint with HUD. HUD may authorize the Attorney General to go to court to prevent a sale to any other buyer until HUD investigates the complaint.

What Happens After A Complaint Investigation? If, after investigating your complaint, HUD finds reasonable cause to believe that discrimination occurred, it will inform you. Your case will be heard in an administrative hearing within 120 days, unless you or the respondent want the case to be heard in Federal district court. Either way, there is no cost to you.

The Administrative Hearing - If your case goes to an administrative hearing HUD attorneys will litigate the case on your behalf. You may intervene in the case and be represented by your own attorney if you wish. An Administrative Law Judge (ALA) will consider evidence from you and the respondent. If the ALA decides that discrimination occurred, the respondent can be ordered:

• To compensate you for actual damages, including humiliation, pain and suffering.
• To provide injunctive or other equitable relief, for example, to make the housing available to you.
• To pay the Federal Government a civil penalty to vindicate the public interest. The maximum penalties are $10,000 for a first violation and $50,000 for a third violation within seven years.
• To pay reasonable attorney's fees and costs.

Federal District Court - If you or the respondent choose to have your case decided in Federal District Court, the Attorney General will file a suit and litigate it on your behalf. Like the ALA, the District Court can order relief, and award actual damages, attorney's fees and costs. In addition, the court can award punitive damages.

In Addition -You May File Suit: You may file suit, at your expense, in Federal District Court or State Court within two years of an alleged violation. If you cannot afford an attorney, the Court may appoint one for you. You may bring suit even after filing a complaint, if you have not signed a conciliation agreement and an Administrative Law Judge has not started a hearing. A court may award actual and punitive damages and attorney's fees and costs.

Other Tools to Combat Housing Discrimination - If there is noncompliance with the order of an Administrative Law Judge, HUD may seek temporary relief, enforcement of the order or a restraining order in a United States Court of Appeals. The Attorney General may file a suit in a Federal District Court if there is reasonable cause to believe a pattern or practice of housing discrimination is occurring.

For Further Information - The Fair Housing Act and HUD's regulations contain more detail and technical information. If you need a copy of the law or regulations, contact the HUD Office nearest you.

www.hud.gov

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Davis Pool Supplies and Repair	Bruce and Starr Davis		480-892-4845
Absolute Window Cleaning	Mason Davis		480-390-6509
Accountant	Fox, Peterson & Shelley Accounting Advantage		480-898-7640
AmeriFirst  Financial , Your First Choice for Real Estate Loans	Paul Klimke		480-344-1900
Arizona Floor Wizard, All Your Flooring Needs, Billy Walker			480-641-7277
Choice Bank and Morgtage Services	Greg Thorell		480-596-9100
Cool Coverings of AZ  Window Coverings	Lisa Green		480-981-3430
Countrywide Home Loans	Chris Heidel		480-695-5399
Create the Space	Nancy Nemitz Professional Organizer For the things you love and the things you need...		480-325-0994
DPaul Fine Jewelry	Don Plamondon		480-325-6000
Go2Technology, LLC  Technological services provided in your home.	Craig Haley		602-418-2277
Home Decorating by Tascha Zarse			480-361-3732
Home, Auto and Health Insurances	Allstate Insurance Company Matt Fox		480-985-0760
JMC Moving Plus	The Realtors Specialists		623-583-0030
Litwins Carpet, Furniture, Tile, Grout and Vinyl Cleaning	Rob Litwin		602-573-3456
Tea Around the World, Caterer of: Afternoon Tea, Special Events	Marie Goldman		(480) 654-0208

Homes from the Heart.-Habitat for Humanity - Giving back to our community

Realty Executives International has embarked on an exciting program designed to eliminate poverty housing in the communities we serve.

Homes from the Heart Program has partnered with Habitat for www.habitat.org

Humanity International and other non-profit agencies to provide housing opportunities to needy families in our communities.

Each time I close a transaction, a portion of my fee is transferred to a non-profit fund. These funds are dispersed into appropriate housing programs which go directly towards building homes for those in need. This is a way to assist families within our community who might otherwise never be able to own a home of their own.

Mesa Unified District School District

School	Grades	Population	Address - click for map	Phone
Brimhall Junior High School	7-9	1410	4949 E Southern Ave, Mesa, AZ 85206	(480) 472–2600
Franklin West Elementary	K-8	570	236 South Sirrine, Mesa, AZ 85210	(480) 472–5400
Tapp	8-12	35	1727 W. Main, Mesa, AZ 85201	(480) 472–6850
Kerr Elementary School	K-6	711	125 E Mclellan, Mesa, AZ 85201	(480) 472–5100
Entz Elementary School	K-6	713	4132 E Adobe, Mesa, AZ 85205	(480) 472–7300
Special Education Tuition	K-12	34	1025 Country Club Dr, Mesa, AZ 85201	(480) 472–0719
Adams Elementary School	K-6	1045	738 S Longmore, Mesa, AZ 85202	(480) 472–4300
Alma Elementary School	K-6	839	1313 W Medina, Mesa, AZ 85202	(480) 472–3902
Carson Junior High School	7-9	1304	525 N Westwood, Mesa, AZ 85201	(480) 472–2900
Edison Elementary School	K-6	710	545 N Horne, Mesa, AZ 85203	(480) 472–5300
Eisenhower Elementary School	K-6	806	848 North Mesa Dr, Mesa, AZ 85201	(480) 472–5200
Emerson Elementary School	K-6	1009	415 North Westwood Road, Mesa, AZ 85201	(480) 472–4700
Field Elementary School	K-6	856	2325 E Adobe Road, Mesa, AZ 85213	(480) 472–9800
Franklin Elementary School	K-6	789	1753 East 8th Ave, Mesa, AZ 85204	(480) 472–6500
Fremont Junior High School	7-9	1353	1001 N Power Road, Mesa, AZ 85205	(480) 472–8300
Hale Elementary School	K-6	657	1425 N 23rd Street, Mesa, AZ 85213	(480) 472–7400
Hawthorne Elementary School	K-6	827	630 North Hunt Dr, Mesa, AZ 85203	(480) 472–7500
Holmes Elementary School	K-6	812	948 S Horne, Mesa, AZ 85204	(480) 472–5600
Irving Elementary School	K-6	649	3220 E Pueblo, Mesa, AZ 85204	(480) 472–1700
Salk Elementary School	K-6	914	7029 E Brown Road, Mesa, AZ 85207	(480) 472–8400
Jordan Elementary School	K-6	639	3320 N Carriage Lane, Chandler, AZ 85224	(480) 472–3800
Kino Junior High School	7-9	1253	848 N Horne, Mesa, AZ 85203	(480) 472–2400
Lehi Elementary School	K-6	562	2555 North Stapley Dr, Mesa, AZ 85203	(480) 472–5500
Lincoln Elementary School	K-6	806	930 South Sirrine, Mesa, AZ 85210	(480) 472–6400
Lindbergh Elementary School	K-6	759	930 S Lazona, Mesa, AZ 85204	(480) 472–6300
Longfellow Elementary School	K-6	839	345 S Hall Street, Mesa, AZ 85204	(480) 472–6550
Lowell Elementary School	K-6	909	920 E Broadway, Mesa, AZ 85204	(480) 472–1400
Macarthur Elementary School	K-6	695	1435 E Mclellan, Mesa, AZ 85203	(480) 472–7800
Mesa High School	9-12	2631	1630 East Southern Ave, Mesa, AZ 85204	(480) 472–5900
Mesa Junior High School	7-9	1162	828 E Broadway Road, Mesa, AZ 85204	(480) 472–1300
Mountain View High School	10-12	2715	2700 E Brown Road, Mesa, AZ 85213	(480) 472–6900
Power Learning Center	5-9	49	7038 E Adobe, Mesa, AZ 85207	(480) 472–8990
Poston Junior High School	7-9	1443	2433 E Adobe, Mesa, AZ 85213	(480) 472–2130
Powell Junior High School	7-9	1349	855 West 8th Ave, Mesa, AZ 85210	(480) 472–1100
Redbird Elementary School	K-6	704	1020 S Extension, Mesa, AZ 85210	(480) 472–1200
Rhodes Junior High School	7-9	1189	1860 S Longmore Street, Mesa, AZ 85202	(480) 472–2300
Roosevelt Elementary School	K-6	679	828 S Valencia, Mesa, AZ 85202	(480) 472–4200
Stevenson Elementary School	K-6	943	638 S 96th Street, Mesa, AZ 85208	(480) 472–9000
Taft Elementary School	K-6	739	9800 E Quarterline Road, Mesa, AZ 85207	(480) 472–9100
Washington Elementary School	K-6	625	2260 West Isabella Ave, Mesa, AZ 85202	(480) 472–4100
Webster Elementary School	K-6	829	202 N Sycamore, Mesa, AZ 85201	(480) 472–4800
Westwood High School	10-12	2214	945 W 8th Street, Mesa, AZ 85201	(480) 472–4400
Whitman Elementary School	K-6	773	1829 N Grand, Mesa, AZ 85201	(480) 472–5000
Whittier Elementary School	K-6	688	733 N Longmore, Mesa, AZ 85201	(480) 472–4900
Red Mountain Ranch Elementary	K-6	862	6650 E Raftriver Road, Mesa, AZ 85215	(480) 472–7900
Barbara Bush Elementary School	K-6	739	4925 E Ingram, Mesa, AZ 85205	(480) 472–8500
Sunridge Learning Center	K-6	181	737 W Guadalupe Road, Mesa, AZ 85210	(480) 472–3575
Mckellips Learning Center	5-8	30	325 E Mckellips, Mesa, AZ 85201	(480) 472–5650
Stapley Junior High School	7-9	1393	3250 East Hermosa Vista Dr, Mesa, AZ 85213	(480) 472–2700
Jefferson Elementary School	K-6	816	120 S Jefferson, Mesa, AZ 85208	(480) 472–8700

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Mesa Unified District School District

School	Grades	Population	Address - click for map	Phone
Keller Elementary School	K-6	832	1445 East Hilton Ave, Mesa, AZ 85204	(480) 472–6200
Pomeroy Elementary School	K-6	627	1507 West Shawnee Dr, Chandler, AZ 85224	(480) 472–3700
Highland Elementary School	K-6	657	3042 E Adobe Street, Mesa, AZ 85213	(480) 472–7600
Crismon Elementary School	K-6	784	825 W Medina, Mesa, AZ 85210	(480) 472–4000
S H A R P	K-12	44	7302 E Adobe Road, Mesa, AZ 85207	(480) 472–8960
Dobson High School	10-12	2495	1501 W Guadalupe, Mesa, AZ 85202	(480) 472–3000
Robson Elementary School	K-6	607	2122 East Pueblo Ave, Mesa, AZ 85204	(480) 472–6600
Sirrine Elementary School	K-6	694	591 Mesquite Street, Chandler, AZ 85224	(480) 472–3600
Las Sendas Elementary School	K-6	781	3120 N Red Mountain Road, Mesa, AZ 85207	(480) 472–8750
Franklin Northeast School	K-8	493	7042 E Adobe Road, Mesa, AZ 85207	(480) 472–9300
Eagleridge Enrichment Program	K-9	542	1455 S. Stapley, Mesa, AZ 85204	(480) 472–3685
Sundown High School	9-12	50	1025 N. Country Club Drive, Mesa, AZ 85201	(480) 472–7261
Johnson Elementary School	K-6	763	3807 E Pueblo, Mesa, AZ 85206	(480) 472–6800
Taylor Junior High School	7-9	1190	705 S 32nd Street, Mesa, AZ 85204	(480) 472–1500
Hendrix Junior High School	7-9	986	1550 W Summit Place, Chandler, AZ 85224	(480) 472–3300
Frost Elementary School	K-6	594	1560 W Summit Place, Chandler, AZ 85224	(480) 472–3500
Mendoza Elementary School	K-6	866	5831 E Mclellan Road, Mesa, AZ 85205	(480) 472–2000
Ishikawa Elementary School	K-6	869	2635 N 32nd Street, Mesa, AZ 85213	(480) 472–7700
Shepherd Junior High School	7-9	1518	1407 North Alta Mesa Dr, Mesa, AZ 85205	(480) 472–1800
Madison Elementary School	K-6	653	849 S Sunnyvale, Mesa, AZ 85206	(480) 472–8800
Sousa Elementary School	K-6	670	616 N Mountain, Apache Junction, AZ 85220	(480) 472–8900
Red Mountain High School	9-12	2413	7301 E Brown Road, Mesa, AZ 85207	(480) 472–8000
Mesa Vista High School	9-12	202	1731 N. Country Club Dr., Mesa, AZ 85210	(480) 472–5350
Hermosa Vista Elementary School	K-6	761	2626 N 24th Street, Mesa, AZ 85213	(480) 472–7550
Falcon Hill Elementary School	K-6	645	1645 N Sterling Street, Mesa, AZ 85207	(480) 472–8600
Homebound	N/A	0	549 North Stapley Drive, Mesa, AZ 85203	(602) 898–7700
Porter Elementary School	K-6	707	1350 S Lindsay, Mesa, AZ 85204	(480) 472–6700
Marilyn Thiele Wilson School	K-6	889	5619 E Glade Ave, Mesa, AZ 85206	(480) 472–9250
Dwight Patterson Elementary	K-6	1025	615 S. Cheshire, Mesa, AZ 85208	(480) 472–9700
Franklin South	K-6	367	5005 E Southern, Mesa, AZ 85206	(480) 472–2240
Skyline High School	7-12	1556	845 S Crismon, Mesa, AZ 85208	(480) 472–9400
East Valley Academy	10-12	278	1727 West Main, Mesa, AZ 85201	(480) 472–9350
Mesa Distance Learning Program	7-12	0	549 N Stapley, Mesa, AZ 85203	(480) 472–7285
Boulder Canyon Learning Center	9-12	205	10222 E. Southern, Mesa, AZ 85208	(480) 472–9650
Pedro Guerrero	K-6	756	463 S. Alma School Rd., Mesa, AZ 85210	(480) 472–9200
Dilworth Brinton	K-6	722	11455 E. Sunland Ave., Mesa, AZ 85208	(480) 472–4081
East Mesa Early Childhood Education Center	N/A	137	950 N Sun Valley Blvd, Mesa, AZ 85207	(480) 472–3975
George Smith	7-9	1326	10100 E Adobe, Mesa, AZ 85207	(480) 472–9900
James Kendall Zaharis Elementary	K-6	458	9410 E. Mcphillips, Mesa, AZ 85207	(480) 472–0206
West Middle School	7-9	52	122 North Country Club Dr., Mesa, AZ 85201	(480) 472–2781

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