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Metro Fair Housing Services

Offered by Metro Fair Housing Services

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About

About This Program

Report housing discrimination and get free homebuyer and rental counseling from a fair housing nonprofit serving metro Atlanta.

Metro Fair Housing Services, a civil rights nonprofit founded in 1974, works to end housing and lending discrimination. Its Housing Discrimination Help Line takes complaints and gives information, referrals and counseling. It also investigates and tests alleged Fair Housing Act violations, refers cases to agencies and private attorneys, and pursues enforcement. Its HUD-approved housing counseling is free and includes pre-purchase homebuyer education workshops, pre-purchase counseling, rental and budget counseling, and fair housing and fair lending education. Enforcement and outreach cover Cherokee, Cobb, DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett and Hall counties, and it takes housing discrimination complaints from anywhere in Georgia.

Eligibility

Who Can Apply

  • Anyone in Georgia who believes they faced housing discrimination
  • Homebuyers and renters who want counseling

Area served: Metro Atlanta

The offer

What's Offered

  • Housing discrimination complaint intake and counseling
  • Investigation and testing of fair housing violations
  • Referrals to agencies and private attorneys
  • Free pre-purchase homebuyer education workshops and counseling
  • Rental and budget counseling
  • Fair housing and fair lending education in English and Spanish

Amount: Fair-housing education, counseling, and complaint assistance

Cost: Free

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What You'll Need

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Key dates

Dates

OpensYear-round
DeadlineRolling
Last reviewedOct 28, 2026

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