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Equal Housing
WI's Fair Housing Laws
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Age | a protected class under the fair housing laws that refers to any persons at least 18 years of age. |
| Ancestry | a person's racial and ethnic background. |
| Blockbusting | the practice of exploiting racial prejudices and the fear of a general decline in a neighborhood's real estate values to induce homeowners to sell their properties at a low price. |
| Color | a protected class under the fair housing laws that refers to a person's skin color. |
| Disability | a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, a record of having such an impairment or being regarded as having such an impairment. |
| Dwelling | any building or part of a building designed for occupancy as a residence by one or more families. |
| Familial Status | whether persons are members of families in which one or more children under 18 lives with a parent, a person who has legal custody, or the designee of the parent or legal custodian. |
| Lawful Source of Income | the source of a person's income, provided that it is legal. |
| Marital Status | whether a person is single, married, divorced, separated, or widowed. |
| National Origin | the country where a person or his or her ancestors originated or came from. |
| Race | a person's membership in a group possessing characteristics and traits transmitted by descent. |
| Redlining | a lender's refusal to mortgage or an insurance company's refusal to insure property within a geographic area on the belief those loans or insurance writing in the area would be of high risk. |
| Religion | a person's religious or spiritual beliefs and practices, or his or her denominational affiliations. |
| Sex | a class protected under fair housing laws referring to gender. |
| Sexual Orientation | having a preference for hererosexuality or bisexuality, having a history of such a preference or being identified with such a preference. |
| Steering | the illegal practice of channeling home seekers to or away from certain areas. |
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