Fair Housing
The Maine Human Rights Commission handles complaints of housing discrimination in Maine. A complaint must generally be filed within:
A90 days of the alleged discrimination
B180 days of the alleged discrimination
C1 year of the alleged discrimination✓ Correct
D2 years of the alleged discrimination
Explanation
Complaints with the Maine Human Rights Commission must generally be filed within 1 year (300 days for federal HUD complaints) of the alleged discriminatory act.
Related Maine Fair Housing Questions
- Under the Maine Human Rights Act, a landlord may ask about which of the following during the tenant screening process?
- Maine's Human Rights Act prohibits housing discrimination based on 'ancestry.' This protects individuals from discrimination based on:
- Maine's 'testers' (individuals who pose as real estate consumers to identify discriminatory practices) are:
- A Maine real estate agent advertises a home as being in a 'great Christian neighborhood.' This advertisement:
- A Maine real estate agent shows only properties in one neighborhood to a minority buyer, claiming the other neighborhoods 'wouldn't be a good fit.' This is an example of:
- The 'Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act' expanded federal protections against bias-motivated crimes. In Maine, these protections relate to real estate in that:
- Maine's law on accessibility in housing covers both sale and rental properties. A developer building new condominiums must comply with accessible design requirements for units:
- Maine's landlord-tenant law and fair housing law intersect when a tenant with PTSD (a mental disability) requests permission to keep an emotional support animal in a no-pets building. The landlord should:
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