Fair Housing Act of 1968

• Rep. Jerrold Nadler Holds a Hearing On the Enforcement of the Fair Housing Act of 1968

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY, SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE CONSTITUTION, CIVIL RIGHTS, AND CIVIL LIBERTIES HOLDS A HEARING ON THE ENFORCEMENT O...

• Political Transcript Wire
• August 27, 2009

• Fair Housing Act of 1968

The Fair Housing Act of 1968 (FHA) (42U.S.C.A. §§ 3601-3631) is also known as Title VIII of the CIVIL RIGHTS ACT...

• West's Encyclopedia of American Law
• Dou–Fre

• Racial Integration and Community Revitalization: Applying the Fair Housing Act to the Low Income Housing Tax Credit

At the heart of a debate about the future of American race, housing, and urban policy are two important lawsuits recently filed in state courts in New Jersey and Connecticut. Plaintiffs challenge the authority of their respective state housing finance agencies to fund subsidized units, with US Treasury issued tax credits, in neighborhoods of racial and social isolation. These cases seek clarification of the Fair Housing Act of 1968, parallel state fair housing provisions, the equal protection clauses of state and federal constitutions, and the meaning of the two most important state fair housing cases ever decided. Community development forces argue that the building and rebuilding of low-income housing in poor segregated neighborhoods must continue and is the only way, within the exist...

• Vanderbilt Law Review
• Vol. 58 Nbr. 6, November 2005

• Implementation of the Fair Housing Act's Discriminatory Effects Standard

Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as amended (Fair Housing Act or Act), prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental, or financing of dwellings and in other housing-related activities on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, or national origin.\1\ HUD, which is statutorily charged with the authority and responsibility for interpreting and enforcing the Fair Housing Act and with the power to make rules implementing the Act, has long interpreted the Act to prohibit practices with an unjustified discriminatory effect, regardless of whether there was an intent to discriminate. The eleven federal courts of appeals that have ruled on this issue agree with this interpretation. While HUD and every federal appellate court to have ruled on the issue have ...

• Federal Register Nbr. 78 FR 11459, February 15, 2013
• Rules and Regulations
• Housing and Urban Development Department

• Implementation of the Fair Housing Act's Discriminatory Effects Standard

Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as amended (Fair Housing Act or Act), prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental, or financing of dwellings and in other housing-related activities on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, or national origin.\1\ HUD, to which Congress gave the authority and responsibility for administering the Fair Housing Act and the power to make rules implementing the Act, has long interpreted the Act to prohibit housing practices with a discriminatory effect, even where there has been no intent to discriminate. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

• Federal Register Nbr. 76 FR 70921, November 16, 2011
• Proposed rules
• Housing and Urban Development Department

• What's Hud Got to Do with It?

Everyone has a vision of what their dream home would look like. You can make that a reality at some point of your life, by building or buying a house or, for a large number of households, by leasing that perfect home. The U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) regulates the standards for those who lease their home. The Fair Housing Act(1) of 1968 prohibits discrimination based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status, and disability.

• Columbia Daily Tribune
• February 13, 2013

• Integrate Expectations

[...] affordable housing was erected in towns that already had significant black and Hispanic populations and less- elite schools, such as Yonkers, Mount Vernon, and Ossining- which was always more of a working-class town than the tony enclave imagined in Mad Men. Since President Lyndon Johnson signed the Fair Housing Act of 1968 into law, this type of deliberately segregationist urban planning has been illegal.

• American Prospect, The
• Vol. 20 Nbr. 8, October 2009

• Rochester Attorneys, Realtors Determined to Make Homeownership Possible for Everyone

April is Fair Housing Month, and this year it marks the 40th anniversary of the passage of the federal Fair Housing Act. Although a Rochester group lost the funding for its fair housing program this year, attorneys and Realtors remain determined to help make homeownership possible for everyone. The Fair Housing Act of 1968 expanded previous laws against discrimination in the sale, rental and financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin, sex and (as amended) handicap and family status.

• Daily Record (Rochester, NY)
• April 10, 2008

• 7 CFR 3560.406 - MFH ownership transfers or sales.

...CHAPTER XXXV: RURAL HOUSING SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. PART 3560: DIR... requirements, and the Title VI of the Fair Housing Act of 1968. (10) A transferee must ensure...

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 7: Agriculture

• Irem and Naaei Develop New Fair Housing Course

The Fair Housing Act of 1968, barring discrimination practices in housing, plays an important role in the residential management industry. The Institute of Real Estate Management and the National Apartment Association Education Institute have partnered to develop a new fair housing course. "Fair Housing and Beyond" (FHS201) is a highly interactive, DVD scenario-driven course that takes students "beyond the basics" to teach the critical thinking necessary for compliance with fair housing today and in the future.

• Journal of Property Management
• Vol. 73 Nbr. 3, May 2008