Who is protected under the Fair Housing Act? A federal fair-housing law prohibits discrimination in housing based on race, ethnicity, religion and other factors, like gender identity and disability.

The last thing homebuyers and sellers expect to encounter on their real estate journey is discrimination. But until 1968, unethical practices in real estate prevented thousands of people from renting, ...

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Few fights are more pivotal to ending systemic inequality than the fight for fair and stable housing. When Martin Luther King, Jr. launched a campaign to end slums in 1966, he connected the struggle ...

Harassment complaints increased 66% in 2023 from year prior Fifty-six years ago, Lyndon B Johnson signed the Fair Housing Act, proclaiming that fair housing for all human beings is now part of the ...

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The Trump administration's recent budget cuts could lead to a loss of $425,000 per year in funding for Legal Aid of Southeast and Central Ohio (LASCO). The funding cuts, enacted by the Department of ...

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Lee Porter, a fair housing advocate for decades in New Jersey, died on July 20 at the age of 98. Sen. Cory Booker remembered her as the "Mother of Fair Housing." “My heart is heavy with the news of ...

There are laws to protect people from discrimination in buying, renting and living in their homes. By Debra Kamin A federal fair-housing law prohibits discrimination in housing based on race, ...