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Start a BOLI housing-discrimination complaint
Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries · Shared Oregon or applicable federal route
Submit the housing questionnaire and complete any formal complaint BOLI prepares after jurisdiction review.
Where and how to proceed: prepare, file and follow up
Start here: Read the housing complaint instructions and identify the most recent discriminatory act.
1. Is this for me?
People alleging protected-class housing discrimination in a covered Oregon housing transaction.
Service area: Oregon or applicable federal route; confirm venue and agency jurisdiction.
2. What should I prepare?
Some documents may be conditional. Ask about alternatives. Checkmarks are temporary and are not saved or sent.
3. Where and how do I submit?
Read the linked publisher instructions to confirm the receiving office, accepted submission method and current forms. This page has not separately verified those details. A county filter does not decide the correct court or filing location.
- Read the housing complaint instructions and identify the most recent discriminatory act.
- Complete the official housing questionnaire with all applicable fields.
- Submit through the linked BOLI intake route and answer requests for more information.
- Review and sign the formal complaint if BOLI prepares one; confirm it was returned and received.
- Advise BOLI in writing of contact changes and obtain separate help for eviction or another active case.
Timing: The housing page says the complaint must be filed within one year of the discriminatory action and warns intake takes time. A complaint is not filed until BOLI receives the signed complaint.
4. What will it cost?
Details to confirm with the provider
Fees and fee-waiver eligibility have not been separately verified for this route. Check the current provider instructions. For a court filing, ask the court about its fee-waiver or deferral forms.
5. What happens after I submit?
Details to confirm with the provider
Keep a copy of what you send and its confirmation or receipt. Ask the receiving office how to track it, when to expect a response and how it will request missing information. These follow-up details have not been separately verified for this route.
6. What if something goes wrong?
Details to confirm with the provider
Read any returned filing, correction request or denial notice promptly. Ask the responsible office for the correction, review or appeal instructions and the deadline that applies to your notice. This guide does not verify a route-specific appeal process.
Language, disability and offline help
Ask the receiving office about language assistance, disability accommodations and an alternative to online submission. Available options have not been separately verified for this route.
Choose your step and follow-up instructions
Work through the existing instructions for this route. Reviewing a step does not complete a legal requirement.
The questionnaire may become public after the case closes. Filing intake does not automatically pause an eviction, and some retaliation complaints are outside BOLI’s jurisdiction.
Sources and review date
Guidance reviewed 2026-10-11. Read the current publisher instructions before acting.
BOLI : Housing Discrimination Complaint : Civil Rights : State of Oregon · publisher html snapshot
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