Disparate Impact Claims Under the Fair Housing Act.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

United States.

Age discrimination.

Discrimination in housing.

Judge-made law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (16 pages)) : digital, PDF file

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2015.

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Summary:

Examines the Fair Housing Act (FHA), which prohibits housing discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin; and explains impact of 2015 Supreme Court ruling in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs volumes Inclusive Communities Project , which extends prohibitions to certain housing-related decisions that have a discriminatory effect on a protected class, known as disparate impact. Provides overview of how lower courts and HUD evaluated allegations of discriminatory effects prior to and following the Inclusive Communities decision.

Notes:

CRS Report.

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Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division. Disparate Impact Claims Under the Fair Housing Act

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