Tenant Resources

The Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination by direct providers of housing, such as landlords and real estate companies as well as other entities, such as municipalities, banks or other lending institutions and homeowners insurance companies whose discriminatory practices make housing unavailable to persons because of:

Race or color

Religion

Sex

National Origin

Familial Status

Disability

To learn more, visit justice.gov/crt/fair-housing-act-1

Local:

Report a Potential Code Violation at 970-577-3877. Learn more at www.estes.org/codeenforcement

Report a non-emergency complaint to police dispatch at 970-586-4000. Please call 911 if you are experiencing an emergency

State:

Colorado Civil Rights Division - charted with the enforcement of the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act (CADA). CADA prohibits discrimination based on protected class in employment, housing, and places of public accommodation. Visit ccrd.colorado.gov to file a complaint.

Federal: 

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR), enforces federal civil rights laws, which help to protect individuals from unfair treatment or discrimination because of race, color, national origin, disability, age, or sex. Visit ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/smartscreen/main.jsf to file a complaint.

Report Housing Discrimination at hud.gov/fairhousing/fileacomplaint

File an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) complaint at ada.gov/file-a-complaint/

J-1 Visa:

The State Department's Office of Private Sector Exchange Administration oversees the resolution of complaints and incidents for those on J-1 visas. Visit studyinthestates.dhs.gov/2018/11/ensuring-safety-and-security-of-exchange-participants-on-j-1-visas

For information on assistance with rent, utilities, household items and more, visit the following:

www.crossroadsep.org

www.larimer.gov/humanservices

For electric and water utility billing, visit www.estes.org/utilitybilling

For Trailblazer Broadband, visit www.trailblazerbroadband.com