Fair Housing Act 1968

Fair Housing Act 1968

(Title XIII of Civil Rights Act of 1968 which was a follow-up to the Civil Rights Act of 1964) act prohibits discrimination by direct providers of housing, such as landlords and real estate companies, as well as other entities, such as municipalities, banks or other lending institutions and homeowners insurance companies whose discriminatory practices make housing unavailable to per-sons because of: race or color, religion, sex, national origin, familial status or disability.