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Guaranteed (Rent) to Help Your Community

Calling all Chester County Landlords: Nine months after losing their homes to Hurricane Ida, 12 residents in Chester County are still living in hotels while they seek affordable housing. You can help these residents move to more stable housing, and they can help you with guaranteed rent.

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Know Your Responsibilities: Landlord Basics

Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as amended in 1988, is known as the Fair Housing Act. The Fair Housing Act makes it illegal to discriminate in any type of housing related transaction on the basis of: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, National Origin, Disability, or Familial Status (presence of minor children in a household, pregnant women or anyone securing legal custody of a child).

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