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Fair housing
Term | Definition |
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Equal opportunity is housing is intended to | Create a marketplace where similar financial means have similar range of housing |
Civil rights act of 1866 | Prohibits all racial discrimination in Real Estate transactions |
Race defined as | Ancestral, ethnic, physical, cultural, linguistic traits shared by a group |
Federal fair housing act is | Title VIII of the civil rights Act of 1968 |
Housing and community development act of 1974 added | Sex to the list of protected classes |
Fair housing amendments act of 1988 added | Disability and familial status to protected classes |
Exemptions from fair housing act include (not 1866 act) | Rentals owner occupied no more than 4 units, private clubs limit to members, owner with fewer than 3 homes (no re profession or advertising involved) |
Housing for older persons act HOPA | Exempt from familial provision for over 55 |
Housing is exempt from familial status protection if | Restricted to persons 62+ or 80% units occupied by 55+ |
Familial status extends .. | Protection to families with children, pregnant women, or person under 18 lives with parent. |
Disability | A physical or mental impairment limiting major life activities |
ADA | Americans with disabilities act prohibits discrimination in employments and public accommodations. |
Who enforces the fair housing act? | HUD |
Complaints to HUD must be ... | Within one year of the of alleged act, w/n 100 days of filing with local enforcement agencies |
Conciliation: | Resolution w/n 100 days when respondent promises to remedy |
Block busting | Attempt to make people move for fear of lowered value. |
Steering | Channeling home seekers to particular neighborhoods or discouraging neighborhoods |
Redlining | Refusing mortgage or insurance for reasons other than economic qualifications |
HUD via ALJ fines | 16,000, 37,500, 65,000 |
Plessy vs Ferguson | 1896 Seprate but Equal |
14th amendment | Grants citizenship to all born in US. |
Civil rights act | 1866 |
1865 | 13th amendment abolishes slavery |
1862 | Emancipation |
Brown vs board of education | 1954 equal rights in education |
1968 | Title VIII of the civil rights act added: religion and national origin |
Jones vs Mayer | 1968 court upheld the civil rights act of 1866 a prohibits race discrimination without exception. |
1974 | Fair housing act amended to include sex (gender) |
1975 | Mortgage disclosure act |
1988 | Fair housing act amended to include familial status and handicapped. also increased penalties. |
1995 | HOPA housing for older persons act repealed requirement that 55+ housing have significant facilities and services designated for seniors. |
Protected classes 7 | Race, color, religion, national origin, sex, handicaps, familial status |
Fair housing act exceptions | Sale/rent comercial or industrial, owner occupied 4 units or less, single family house sold by owner, private clubs limited to members |
Fair housing exemption requirements | Not > 3 homes, no RE broker, no discriminatory advertising. |
ALA | administrative law judge handles proceedings for HUD |