TAILIEUCHUNG - Gale Encyclopedia Of American Law 3Rd Edition Volume 4 P35

Gale Encyclopedia of American Law Volume 4 P35 fully illuminates today's leading cases, major statutes, legal terms and concepts, notable persons involved with the law, important documents and more. Legal issues are fully discussed in easy-to-understand language, including such high-profile topics as the Americans with Disabilities Act, capital punishment, domestic violence, gay and lesbian rights, physician-assisted suicide and thousands more. | FAIR HOUSING ACT OF 1968 329 CROSS REFERENCE Administrative Law and Procedure. FAIR HOUSING ACT OF 1968 The Fair Housing Act of 1968 FHA 42 . A. 3601-3631 is also known as Title VIII of the civil rights Act of 1968. Congress passed the act in an effort to impose a comprehensive solution to the problem of unlawful discrimination in housing based on race color sex national origin or religion. The Fair Housing Act has become a central feature of modern civil rights enforcement enabling persons in the protected classes to rent or own residential property in areas that were previously segregated. THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT HUD is charged with enforcement of the act. it issues regulations and institutes investigations into discriminatory housing practices. The passage of the Fair Housing Act came after the failure of two earlier federal initiatives. A 1962 executive order directed all departments of the executive branch to take appropriate action to prevent discrimination in all federally administered housing programs. The civil Rights Act of 1964 contained language in Title Vi that prohibited housing discrimination in any program receiving federal financial assistance. Although Title Vi provided that a recipient of funding who was found in violation could be prevented from continuing receipt of governmental assistance this sanction was rarely used. The Fair Housing Act prohibits discriminatory conduct by a variety of legal entities. The act defines person to include one or more individuals corporations partnerships associations labor organizations legal representatives mutual companies joint-stock companies trusts unincorporated organizations trustees receivers and fiduciaries. in addition municipalities local government units cities and federal agencies are subject to the law. The act explicitly defines a list of prohibited practices involving housing including sales rentals advertising and financing. its primary prohibition makes it unlawful

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