Fair Housing / Equal Opportunity Notice for Avon Park
Click here to view the "Accents" Fair Housing PSA. The video is a public service announcement addressing housing discrimination based on accents, which can reveal a person's national origin, and is a violation of the Fair Housing Act. The PSA aims to educate renters and homebuyers about their rights and how to identify illegal behavior by landlords or realtors, emphasizing that linguistic profiling during telephone contacts is an insidious form of exclusion. It also seeks to empower those who are unaware that they have been victims of housing discrimination by providing facts on what to look for and how to respond