This guide is a working reference to federal fair housing law and the claims that arise under it. It sets out the statutory architecture, the seven protected characteristics, the coverage rules and the narrow exemptions, and then treats each theory of liability separately with the elements a claimant must actually prove. Disability receives extended treatment because it carries affirmative duties the other categories do not: reasonable accommodation, reasonable modification, design and construction requirements, and the rules governing what a provider may ask. Familial status is treated with equal care because occupancy policies violate it constantly and unintentionally. Procedural chapters compare the administrative complaint route with the private action, explain the tolling rule that makes both available, and set out the remedies including fee-shifting. Further chapters address testers and standing, retaliation, lending and appraisal, municipal and zoning discrimination, and the parallel statutes worth pleading alongside. A compliance chapter is written for owners and managers. Every statute, regulation, and decision is linked to its text on uplaw.us.