Resources & Referrals
EHOC focuses its investigatory and enforcement work in the Greater St. Louis area. However, if you are outside of the St. Louis area, but are in Missouri or southern Illinois, EHOC may still be able to assist you.
To learn more about reporting discrimination to EHOC, click the inquiry button below. If you are outside of EHOC ’s service area, visit the website of the National Fair Housing Alliance to find local fair housing assistance.
Call us at 1-800-965-EHOC(3462) or 314-534-5800
Fair Housing Fact Sheets
Misc. Resources
Social Serve lists affordable rentals in St. Louis City, St. Louis County and St. Charles County. This up-to-date database is searchable by zip code, rent range, size, and type of building. The database contains a registry of:
- lead-safe housing
- accessible housing for persons with disabilities and
- landlords who accept Section 8 vouchers
- St. Louis City Assessors Office: Property Database Search
- St. Louis County: Real Estate Information
- St. Charles: County Property Database
- Jefferson County Office of the Assessor: On-Line Public Service
- Madison County: Parcel Information
- Paraquad, Inc. serving St. Louis City and St. Louis County
- LINC, Inc. serving St. Clair County
- IMPACT Center for Independent Living serving Madison County
- Delta Center for Independent Living serving St. Charles County
Missouri Home Programs: Search for downpayment, closing cost and education assistance for First-Time Home Buyers in Missouri
Here are places that you can file complaints of fraud, illegal or unethical business practices and fair housing to a licensing or professional agency.
- Missouri Real Estate Commission licenses real estate agents in the State of Missouri
- Missouri Division of Professional Registration licenses architects, appraisers and real estate agents in Missouri
- Illinois Office of Banks and Real Estate takes complaints on real estate agents and appraisers
- National Fair Housing Alliance – (NFHA) is the voice of the fair housing movement at the national level. NFHA works to eliminate housing discrimination and ensure equal opportunity for all people through leadership, education, outreach, membership services, public policy initiatives, community development, advocacy, and enforcement. A great resource for national-level research on housing discrimination.
- National Fair Housing Advocate On-Line has information about fair housing cases in the news
- U.S. Department of Housing Urban Development
- Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Division
- Missouri HUD Office
- Leadership Council on Civil Rights Fair Housing Campaign
- Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law has information on fair housing for persons with disabilities
- Fair Housing FIRST provides technical guidance on the design and construction requirements of the Fair Housing Act and provides a toll-free line to call with questions about the design construction requirements of the Fair Housing Act at (888) 341-7781
Fair Housing Enforcement Resources
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
The US Department of Housing & Urban Development Fair Housing & Equal Opportunity enforces the federal Fair Housing Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and other fair housing laws.
U.S. Department of Justice – Civil Rights Division
The US Department of Justice – Civil Rights Division accepts pattern and practice complaints regarding fair housing violations.
Missouri Commission on Human Rights
The Missouri Commission on Human Rights accepts fair housing complaints based on federally protected classes and based on ancestry within Missouri.
Illinois Department on Human Rights
The Illinois Department on Human Rights accepts complaints of discrimination based on ancestry, age (40+), military status / unfavorable discharge from the military, sexual orientation, and Order of Protections status, in addition to the federally protected classes.
Civil Rights Enforcement Agency
The Civil Rights Enforcement Agency of the City of St. Louis accepts complaints of source of income and sexual orientation discrimination in the City of St. Louis.