HCE Section
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The HCE Section is a division of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division responsible for enforcing federal laws that prohibit discrimination in housing and related civil matters.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| HCE Section canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1445917 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: HCE Section Context triple: [Housing and Civil Enforcement Section, abbreviation, HCE Section]
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A.
HECA
HECA is the ICAO airport code designating Cairo International Airport, the main international gateway to Cairo, Egypt.
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B.
HLC
HLC is the commonly used abbreviation for the Harvard Longwood Campus, a major Harvard University hub for medical and public health education and research in Boston.
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C.
HCR
HCR is the commonly used abbreviation for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the UN agency responsible for protecting and supporting refugees worldwide.
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D.
HES
HES is the commonly used abbreviation for Historic Environment Scotland, the public body responsible for protecting and promoting Scotland’s historic environment.
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E.
HBE
HBE is the IATA airport code for Borg El Arab Airport, the main international airport serving Alexandria, Egypt.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: HCE Section Target entity description: The HCE Section is a division of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division responsible for enforcing federal laws that prohibit discrimination in housing and related civil matters.
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A.
HECA
HECA is the ICAO airport code designating Cairo International Airport, the main international gateway to Cairo, Egypt.
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B.
HLC
HLC is the commonly used abbreviation for the Harvard Longwood Campus, a major Harvard University hub for medical and public health education and research in Boston.
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C.
HCR
HCR is the commonly used abbreviation for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the UN agency responsible for protecting and supporting refugees worldwide.
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D.
HES
HES is the commonly used abbreviation for Historic Environment Scotland, the public body responsible for protecting and promoting Scotland’s historic environment.
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E.
HBE
HBE is the IATA airport code for Borg El Arab Airport, the main international airport serving Alexandria, Egypt.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government enforcement unit
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section of the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division ⓘ |
| activity |
engaging in outreach and education on fair housing rights
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litigating individual housing discrimination cases referred by HUD ⓘ litigating pattern-or-practice housing discrimination cases ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| enforcesLaw |
Americans with Disabilities Act
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surface form:
Americans with Disabilities Act (in certain housing-related public accommodation aspects)
Equal Credit Opportunity Act ⓘ
surface form:
Equal Credit Opportunity Act (in coordination with other agencies)
Fair Housing Act of 1968 ⓘ
surface form:
Fair Housing Act
Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act ⓘ
surface form:
Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (housing and land use provisions)
Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
surface form:
Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (in certain housing-related public accommodations contexts)
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| focusArea |
discrimination in residential real estate-related transactions
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discrimination in the financing of housing ⓘ discrimination in the rental of housing ⓘ discrimination in the sale of housing ⓘ |
| goal |
eliminate discrimination in housing and related civil matters
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ensure equal housing opportunity for all persons in the United States ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | federal laws of the United States ⓘ |
| legalDomain |
civil rights law
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fair lending and related civil matters ⓘ housing discrimination law ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
United States Department of Justice
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surface form:
U.S. Department of Justice
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| partOf | Civil Rights Division ⓘ |
| protectedClass |
color
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disability ⓘ familial status ⓘ national origin ⓘ race ⓘ religion ⓘ sex ⓘ |
| responsibility |
conducting investigations of alleged housing discrimination
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enforcing federal laws that prohibit discrimination in housing ⓘ enforcing federal laws that prohibit discrimination in residential real estate-related transactions ⓘ filing civil lawsuits to enforce federal housing discrimination laws ⓘ negotiating settlements and consent decrees in housing discrimination cases ⓘ providing guidance on compliance with federal fair housing laws ⓘ |
| worksWith |
United States Attorney’s Offices
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surface form:
U.S. Attorneys’ Offices
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
state and local civil rights agencies ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: HCE Section Description of subject: The HCE Section is a division of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division responsible for enforcing federal laws that prohibit discrimination in housing and related civil matters.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.