Tennessee Department of Health, If You Rent a Place, Know Your Legal Rights and Duties

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Tennessee Department of Health, If You Rent a Place, Know Your Legal Rights and Duties
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Fair housing is the law • Tennessee Fair Housing Council at 615-
874-2344
It’s against the law for a landlord to treat you
differently because of: • Legal Aid at 1-800-238-1443
• Your race, color or country you are from OR
• Your sex OR
• Housing and Urban Development at
1-800-669-9777
• Your religion OR
• Because you have children who live with • Tennessee Human Rights Commission at
you OR 1-800-325-9664
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Repairs • In Anderson County, call Engineering and
Public Works at 865-457-6244.
The landlord must keep • In Davidson County, call Metro Codes
the place fit to live in Administration at 615-862-6590.
and in good repair. The • In Maury County, call the Building Inspector
landlord must keep the at 931-375-3005.
areas everyone uses • In Montgomery County, call Building and
clean and safe also. The Codes at 931-645-7426.
landlord must make the • In Rutherford County, call Building Codes at
repairs the lease says he 615-898-7734.
will make. If your lease • In Sumner County, call the Codes
says so, you have to do some repairs. Department at 615-452-1467.
• In Williamson County, call Building Codes at
Does something need to be fixed but it is not an 615-790-5718.
emergency? AND is it something the lease says • In Wilson County, call the Building Inspector
the landlord must fix? OR is it needed to keep the at 615-444-3025.
place safe and fit to live in?