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The Fair Housing Act was passed at the urging of President Lyndon B. Johnson. Congress passed the federal Fair Housing Act (codified at 42 U.S.C. 3601-3619, penalties for violation at 42 U.S.C. 3631) Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 only one week after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
The 1968 Fair Housing Act is a federal act in the United States intended to protect the buyer or renter of a dwelling from seller or landlord discrimination. Its primary prohibition makes it unlawful to refuse to sell, rent to, or negotiate with any person because of that person's inclusion in a protected class . [ 57 ]
The short title is the "Housing for Older Persons Act of 1995." [ 4] Section 2, defining "housing for older persons", amends Section 807 (b) (2) (C) of the Fair Housing Act, [ 5] as that being. intended and operated for occupancy by persons 55 years of age or older, and--. (i) at least 80 percent of the occupied units are occupied by at least ...
Two months later, the HOA agreed to pause the policy as HUD launched an investigation into whether the HOA had violated the federal Fair Housing Act, which explicitly prohibits discrimination ...
The most comprehensive federal fair housing act of its time, this piece of legislation mandated fair housing as a national policy and restricted discriminatory practices. Specifically, discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin was prohibited in the rental, sale, financing, and brokerage of housing or housing ...
The Fair Housing Act was meant to be a direct follow up to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, however from 1966 to 1967 Congress failed to garner enough political support for its passage. At that time several states had passed their own fair housing laws and Congress was not convinced that a federal law was necessary.
The federal Fair Housing Act prohibits "discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, disability, national origin, or familial status (the "protected classes") in the sale, rental, or ...
Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co., 392 U.S. 409 (1968), is a landmark United States Supreme Court case which held that Congress could regulate the sale of private property to prevent racial discrimination: "[42 U.S.C. § 1982] bars all racial discrimination, private as well as public, in the sale or rental of property, and that the statute, thus construed, is a valid exercise of the power of ...