Polk County
Housing Choice Survey
Have you or someone you know
experienced housing discrimination?
Housing discrimination refers to patterns of discrimination that affect a person's ability to rent or buy housing. This disparate treatment of a person on the housing market can be based on group characteristics or on the place where a person lives. Disparate impact in fair housing is when a seemingly neutral housing policy or practice disproportionately and negatively affects people of a protected characteristic, such as race, sex, disability, or familial status, even without any intent to discriminate.
The most straightforward form of housing discrimination involves a landlord who rejects offers from potential tenants based on factors such as race, age, gender, marital status, source of funding, and others. The landlord may perform the discrimination explicitly or implicitly. Housing discrimination can also occur among existing tenants, who may face detrimental treatment in comparison to others for the same reasons.
Take the 2025
Polk County Fair Housing Survey
Share your thoughts in the survey.
Polk County is conducting a survey to assess compliance with the
Fair Housing Act.
Participe en la Encuesta de Vivienda Justa del Condado de Polk de 2025
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Polk County’s Consolidated Plan is the five-year planning document required by HUD to identify priority needs and establish corresponding goals to address those needs. Polk County’s Consolidated Plan provides goals and coordinated strategies to address the housing and community needs of very low, low, and moderate-income residents. The preparation and administration of the Consolidated Plan offers opportunities to shape various programs into effective, coordinated neighborhood and community development strategies. The strategies become action-driven initiatives to foster positive changes. The planning process emphasizes creating an environment for strategic planning and citizen participation while reducing duplication of efforts at the local level.
Visit the Polk County Housing and Neighborhood Development page.