Legal Analysis of Issues Relating to Draft Legislation Amending the Fair Housing Act To Prohibit Discrimination Against Handicapped Persons

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional law.

Discrimination against people with disabilities.

Discrimination in housing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] [publisher not identified] 1979-1980

Summary:

Analyzes various legal issues which may be raised by proposed Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1979, to amend the Fair Housing Act to prohibit discrimination against handicapped persons in sale or rental of housing. Examines power of Congress to prohibit discrimination in housing practices against the handicapped under Fourteenth Amendment and Commerce Clause of the Constitution. Summarizes and analyzes the law regarding deinstitutionalization of handicapped persons and doctrine of least restrictive alternative and right to treatment

Notes:

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Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Legal Analysis of Issues Relating to Draft Legislation Amending the Fair Housing Act To Prohibit Discrimination Against Handicapped Persons

Publisher Number:

CRS-1979-AML-0061

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