Happy Holidays from the Veterans Guest House! Veterans Guest House is celebrating 25 years of providing temporary lodging to u.S. military veterans and their families who travel to the Reno-Sparks area for medical treatment. Our safe, warm, healing home away from home has 33-beds, and this community’s generous support will allow us to provide 6,000 nights of lodging in 2019.
Merry Christmas
WE SERVE THOSE WHO SERVE The Guest House is completely privately funded and relies on the generosity of our community. . Typically, they live at least 30 miles away from Reno. Our guests fall into three main categories: 1. Veterans receiving outpatient care e.g., a doctor’s appointment, weeks of cancer treatmeant, or monthly PTSD group sessions.
& HAPPY nEW YEAR
from our house to yours!
2. The families of veterans who are hospitalized or in long term care facilities. 3. A veteran’s immediate family member who is receiving medical treatment as an inpatient or outpatient. Anyone who has served knows that the family serves too.
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The Guest House relies completely on donations from the private sector. For more information on how you can help or to donate, visit www.veteransguesthouse.org, call 775-324-6958, follow us on facebook, or drop by 880 Locust Street.
The Veterans Guest House Inc. is a nevada 501 (c)3 non-profit Tax Exempt #94-3160109. Your donation may be tax deductible, please consult a tax professional.
The Fair Housing Act protects families with children under the age of 18 from illegal housing discrimination.
RECOGNIZE POSSIBLE SIGNS OF DISCRIMINATION: ■
“No kids”
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“Steering” families with children to ground floor units.
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Higher deposits because of the presence of children.
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“You won’t be happy here. There’s no playground.”
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Rules targeting children.
Be aware that there is an exemption for qualifying senior/agerestricted housing communities
If you would like additional information or, believe you have been a victim of housing discrimination, contact:
Silver State Fair Housing Council
775.324.0990 ■ 888.585.8634 toll-free ■ Relay Nevada 711 FairHousing@ssfhc.org ■ www.ssfhc.org SSFHC advocates for equal access to to housing housing opportunities opportunities in in Nevada. Nevada. Federal and State fair housing discrimination in in housing housing because because of of race, race, color, color, religion, religion, national nationalorigin, origin,sex, sex,family familystatus, status, laws prohibit discrimination disability, ancestry, sexual orientation orientation and and gender genderidentity/expression. identity/expression. 12.12.19 | RN&R | 21