Fair+Housing+Act+1968

On April 11, 1968 congress passed The Fair Housing Act. Federal legislation regarding access to housing that prohibits discrimination based on race, color, national origin, sex, religion, disability, or familial status. Congress passed the Fair Housing Act in 1968. It was passed to impose a comprehensive solution to the problem of unlawful discrimination in housing based on race, sex, color, national origin, or religion. The Fair Housing act has become a main feature of modern Civil Rights enforcement, enabling persons in the protected classed to rent or own residential property in areas that were segregated.
 * __The Fair Housing Act of 1968__**

The Fair Housing Act was passed after the failure of two federal initiatives. In 1962 an Executive Order directed all departments of the Executive Branch to take appropriate measures to stop discrimination in all federally administrated housing programs. The Fair Housing act prohibits discriminatory conduct by a variety of legal entities. This act describes “person” to include one or more individuals, corporations, associations, partnerships, labor organizations, legal representatives, mutual companies, joint-stock companies, trusts, unincorporated organizations, trustees, receivers, and fiduciaries. Now local government units, cities and agencies are subjected to the law.

It is now illegal under the Fair Housing Act to discriminate in the sale of a dwelling because of the disability of number one the buyer or renter, number two a person who will reside in the dwelling after it is rented or sold or the third; anybody associated with the buyer or renter. The Act also prohibits discriminatory advertising practices in the sale or rental of housing. The law reaches unpublished statements including discriminatory expressions and conduct, such as an owners instruction to his rental agent, superintendent, or other employees that they should either not rent to blacks or that they should give a preference to whites or certain ethnic groups.[|1]

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