The Fair Housing Act is the federal law that forbids discrimination in housing based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, and family status.
The Fair Housing Act of 1968 prohibited discrimination concerning the sale, rental and financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin or sex. Intended as a follow-up to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the bill was the subject of a contentious debate in the Senate, but was pa...
FairHousingAct NAR opposes discrimination in housing based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status sexual orientation, gender identity, and national origin. This policy is embodied in NAR’s Code of Ethics. NAR also authorizes sanctions in response to a finding that a member has...
Smyth, Timothy, Michael Allen, and Marisa Schnaith. 2015. The Fair Housing Act: The Evolving Regulatory Landscape for Fed- eral Grant Recipients and Sub-Recipients. Journal of Affordable Housing & Commu- nity Development Law 23(2): 231-258....
To further help landlords and property managers, let’s take a look at some scenarios that could be considered violations of the Fair Housing Act. Requiring some renters to pay an additional security deposit, but not all renters to pay extra. ...
The Fair Housing Act is a federal law that was passed in 1968. It prohibits discrimination in the buying, renting, selling or financing of housing or when seeking housing assistance. The act specifically prohibits discrimination based on race, skin color, national origin, religion, sex — includi...
SERVICES UPDATE Supreme Court Rules That Fair Housing Act Allows Disparate Impact Claims On June 25, 2015, the Supreme Court settled a long-brewing debate and issued a landmark 5-4 decision upholding the use of disparate impact claims in discrimination cases brought under the Fair Housing Act (...
In a decision that expands the legal weapons used to combat housing discrimination, a U.S. appeals court ruled that the federal Fair Housing Act prohibits “redlining” in insurance just as it does in mortgage lending. The three-judge panel in Chicago on Tuesday unanimously reversed a lower ...
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“facially discriminatory”, a defendant must establish that the subject regulation is the “least restrictive means to meet a compelling business necessity”. Citing to similar cases, the court held that “a prohibition on unsupervised swimming which would prevent even a 17-year old certified ...