Fair Housing Act of 1968

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United States federal statute civil rights law fair housing law

The Fair Housing Act of 1968 is a landmark U.S. law that prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing based on race, color, religion, sex, and later other protected characteristics.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Fair Housing Act	20
Civil Rights Act of 1968	9
Fair Housing Act of 1968 canonical	3
Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968	3
Fair Housing Act (title VIII component)	1
Fair Housing Act provisions on lending	1
Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988	1
Title I of the Civil Rights Act of 1968	1
Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1968	1
Title III of the Civil Rights Act of 1968	1
Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1968	1
Title V of the Civil Rights Act of 1968	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal statute ⓘ civil rights law ⓘ fair housing law ⓘ
abbreviation	United States Department of Housing and Urban Development ⓘ surface form: HUD (enforcement agency)
administeredBy	United States Department of Housing and Urban Development ⓘ surface form: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
allowsEnforcementBy	private civil lawsuits ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Fair Housing Act of 1968 ⓘ surface form: Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968
amendedBy	Fair Housing Act of 1968 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988
codifiedIn	Title 42 of the United States Code ⓘ
codifiedSections	42 U.S.C. §§ 3601–3619 ⓘ
containsProvision	ban on discriminatory housing advertisements ⓘ ban on redlining in housing-related transactions ⓘ ban on steering and blockbusting ⓘ reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities ⓘ reasonable modification for persons with disabilities ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
effectiveDate	1968-04-11 ⓘ
enactedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
enforcedBy	United States Department of Housing and Urban Development ⓘ surface form: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development United States Department of Justice ⓘ surface form: U.S. Department of Justice
expandedBy	Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 ⓘ
expandedProtectionTo	familial status ⓘ persons with disabilities ⓘ
historicalContext	enacted shortly after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
inspiredBy	American civil rights movement ⓘ surface form: civil rights movement
legalRemedy	civil penalties ⓘ compensatory damages ⓘ injunctive relief ⓘ punitive damages ⓘ
partOf	Fair Housing Act of 1968 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Civil Rights Act of 1968
policyGoal	provide fair housing throughout the United States ⓘ
primarySubject	housing discrimination ⓘ
prohibitsDiscriminationIn	advertising of housing ⓘ financing of housing ⓘ provision of real estate brokerage services ⓘ rental of housing ⓘ sale of housing ⓘ terms and conditions of housing ⓘ
protectedCharacteristic	color ⓘ disability ⓘ familial status ⓘ national origin ⓘ race ⓘ religion ⓘ sex ⓘ
purpose	eliminate housing discrimination ⓘ promote residential integration ⓘ
scope	most housing in the United States ⓘ
shortName	Fair Housing Act of 1968 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fair Housing Act
signedBy	Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
signingDate	1968-04-11 ⓘ
titleNumber	Title VIII ⓘ
yearEnacted	1968 ⓘ

Referenced by (43)

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Equal Credit Opportunity Act → relatedTo → Fair Housing Act of 1968 ⓘ

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Home Mortgage Disclosure Act → relatedTo → Fair Housing Act of 1968 ⓘ

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CRA → relatedTo → Fair Housing Act of 1968 ⓘ

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90th United States Congress → passed → Fair Housing Act of 1968 ⓘ

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