Colorado was the first state in the U.S. to pass fair housing laws on a statewide level. Discrimination in housing has been prohibited since 1959. This means that if a landlord prevents you from renting a home or apartment or wrongfully evicts you from your rental for an unlawful reason, you can take legal action.
If you suspect you have been the victim of a fair housing violation, consider pursuing a claim for justice. Sue My Landlord can help you recover the damages you deserve and stop a landlord from behaving in an abusive way that harms you and others based on your protected status.
Give Sue My Landlord a call to learn more about how our Colorado discrimination and fair housing violations lawyers can help you with your claim today.
Fair Housing and Anti-Discrimination Laws in Colorado
According to Colorado Revised Statutes § 24-34-501, it is considered a discriminatory or unfair housing practice for any person or entity to refuse to show, sell, transfer, rent, or lease a property based on:
- Disability
- Race
- Religion
- Color
- Sex
- Sexual orientation
- Marital status
- Family status
- National origin
- Ancestry
- Source of income
Landlords are also required to make reasonable accommodations to enable a disabled person’s full enjoyment of housing, and cannot exclude service animals or emotional support animals even if they have a no pet policy in their units. Retaliation against someone who opposes housing discrimination is also unlawful.
In some cases, housing discrimination may also be accompanied by other illegal actions, such as privacy violations — for example, when a landlord unlawfully enters your unit or harasses you based on your identity. If this happens, you may also benefit from speaking with our privacy violation lawyers in Colorado.
How Sue My Landlord Can Help If You’re Facing a Fair Housing Violation
If you believe you’ve experienced discrimination or a fair housing violation, you have the right to take legal action and seek compensation for your landlord’s unlawful conduct. It’s important to hold landlords accountable — not only to protect your own housing rights, but to ensure that other individuals, including those with disabilities, are not denied equal access to safe and fair housing.
Sue My Landlord is here and ready to help ensure that your landlord cannot get away with breaking the law. We can help you by:
- Explaining your rights so you can determine if you were unlawfully discriminated against
- Gathering evidence to prove your landlord was motivated by unlawful discrimination and should be made to pay damages resulting from their fair housing violation
- Helping you to resolve your case as quickly and effectively as possible through settlement or the appropriate legal proceedings in court
- Working with you to understand and prove the extent of the damages that you experienced as a result of the discriminatory behavior
Our firm has spent decades standing up to landlords, including those with large investment portfolios who have many rental properties. We have helped countless clients successfully take action when they are discriminated against and put a stop to the illegal behavior for good.
Getting Help from a Colorado Discrimination and Fair Housing Violations Lawyer
Whether you face housing discrimination or need help getting reasonable accommodations in a rental unit, you should have a trusted tenant attorney on your side who can make the legal system work for you.
Give Sue My Landlord a call today at (720) 783-7368 to talk with a Colorado discrimination and fair housing violations lawyer who will work on your case and help ensure that fair housing violations don’t affect your ability to find a home that’s right for you.
