Advocating in Private Housing Situations When the Property Manager Doesn’t Understand Our Rights

About this episode

The episode discusses how to advocate for rights in private housing situations when property managers are unaware of tenant rights under the Fair Housing Act.

This is the recording from the October 18,2025 live episode. In this episode, we had a good discussion about how to advocate for our rights in private housing situations when the landlord or property manager knows nothing about the rights we have under the Fair Housing Act. To make this easier to follow, the content has been edited to remove the breaks and pauses. All of the discussion that took place during the episode is part of this recording.

People in this episode

Host: Jonathan Simeone

Topics covered

• advocacy
• housing rights
• Fair Housing Act
• property management
• tenant rights

Keywords

• housing
• advocacy
• tenant rights
• property manager
• Fair Housing Act

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Fair Housing Act

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