Fair Housing Act of 1968

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
civil rights law ⓘ
fair housing law ⓘ
abbreviation HUD (enforcement agency) ⓘ
administeredBy U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ⓘ
allowsEnforcementBy private civil lawsuits ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 ⓘ
amendedBy 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 ⓘ
effectiveDate 1968-04-11 ⓘ
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
enforcedBy U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ⓘ
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 civil rights movement ⓘ
legalRemedy civil penalties ⓘ
compensatory damages ⓘ
injunctive relief ⓘ
punitive damages ⓘ
partOf 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 ⓘ
signedBy Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
signingDate 1968-04-11 ⓘ
titleNumber Title VIII ⓘ
yearEnacted 1968 ⓘ

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American civil rights movement → influenced → Fair Housing Act of 1968 ⓘ
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development → enforces → Fair Housing Act ⓘ
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Great Society → hasPart → Civil Rights Act of 1968 ⓘ
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Civil Rights Division → legalAuthority → Fair Housing Act ⓘ
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Fair Housing Act of 1968 → shortName → Fair Housing Act ⓘ
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Fair Housing Act of 1968 → amendedBy → Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 ⓘ
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Civil Rights Act of 1964 → followedBy → Civil Rights Act of 1968 ⓘ
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Chicago Freedom Movement → influenced → Fair Housing Act of 1968 ⓘ
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Americans with Disabilities Act → relatedTo → Fair Housing Act ⓘ
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Housing and Civil Enforcement Section → enforces → Fair Housing Act ⓘ
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Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 → amends → Fair Housing Act ⓘ
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Equal Credit Opportunity Act → relatedTo → Fair Housing Act ⓘ
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Home Mortgage Disclosure Act → relatedTo → Fair Housing Act ⓘ
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Community Reinvestment Act → relatedTo → Fair Housing Act ⓘ
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Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act → relatedTo → Fair Housing Act ⓘ
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Public Law 88-352 → followedBy → Civil Rights Act of 1968 ⓘ
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Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 → relatedTo → Fair Housing Act of 1968 ⓘ
Banking Code of the United States → includes → Fair Housing Act provisions on lending ⓘ
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90th United States Congress → passed → Civil Rights Act of 1968 ⓘ
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90th United States Congress → passed → Fair Housing Act ⓘ
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Public Law 94-200 → relatedTo → Fair Housing Act ⓘ
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Metropolitan Housing Development Corporation → legalArea → Fair Housing Act ⓘ
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Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 → relatedTo → Fair Housing Act ⓘ
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Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 → relatedTo → Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 ⓘ
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Fair Housing Amendments Act → amends → Fair Housing Act ⓘ
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Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 → belongsToCategory → United States housing discrimination law ⓘ
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