FAIR HOUSING ACT RESOURCE

The Departments of Justice and Housing and Urban Development have very helpful memos on accommodations (changes in policy) or modifications (structural changes). These memos can be found here: 

Reasonable Modifications 

Assistance Animals

Let the owner know that you cannot do that because it violates the law! A person who has a voucher is a member of a protected class – it is illegal to publish discriminatory language targeting a member of a protected class. There are no exemptions to this rule.

Fix the issues! This isn’t just a fair housing issue, it’s a state sanitary code issue. Mass.gov has resources about habitability rights and the standards of fitness for human habitation.