Fair Housing Act : A Legal Overview.

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 en...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2003.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Discrimination against people with disabilities. Families. Property insurance. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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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.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed July 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.