Fair housing
Fair Housing Act
The federal law prohibiting discrimination in housing on protected characteristics
Enacted in 1968 and amended since, most significantly in 1988 when disability and familial status were added. It reaches sale, rental, financing, advertising and brokerage services, and it is administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
How the exam asks about it
The federal protected classes are race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability and familial status. State and local laws add more, and a licensee is bound by whichever rule is stricter where they work.
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