Fair Housing Act : A Legal Overview.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discrimination against people with disabilities.

Families.

Sex discrimination.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (24 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2007.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Provides overview of the Fair Housing Act, which prohibits housing discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin. Identifies housing practices in which discrimination is prohibited, including disparate impact discrimination; describes the enforcement activities of the HUD Secretary, Attorney General, and private persons; and summarizes provisions of the Act pertaining to housing insurance, familial discrimination and housing for older persons, and discrimination based on handicap.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Fair Housing Act

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.