Fair Housing Council of Orange County

The Fair Housing Council of Orange County (FHCOC) was formed in 1965 in the wake of the civil rights movement that resulted in the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Council incorporated in 1968, the same year that Congress extended civil rights protections to cover housing with the adoption of the Fair Housing Act. Under the direction of a volunteer board of directors, the agency's staff works to fulfill a mission of protecting the quality of life in Orange County, California by ensuring equal access to housing opportunities, fostering diversity and preserving dignity and human rights. An operating member of the National Fair Housing Alliance, FHCOC works to eliminate housing discrimination and guarantee the rights of all people to freely choose the housing for which they qualify in the area in which they desire to live. Our free services include comprehensive community education, individual counseling, mediation, and advocacy. We also offer fee-for-service fair housing training to the housing industry.