Fair Housing Fundamentals

Question 1

13th Amendment

Answer 1

Abolished Slavery Dec 18th 1865

Question 2

Civil rights Act

Answer 2

Prohibits discrimination on the grounds of race, color or national origin by any program receiving federal assistance.

Question 3

Fair Housing Act

Answer 3

Title VIII of the the act prohibits discrimination in the sale or rental of housing based on a persons protected class race, religion, color, or national origin. Disability and familial status was added in 1988. Sex added in 1974.

Race
Religion
National Origin
Color
Sex
Disability
Familial Status

Question 4

The Fair Housing Act does not apply to

Answer 4

A single family house that is sold or rented by an owner, but only if the house is sold or rented without using a real estate agent or rental service.

Owner occupied dwellings with four units or less.

Question 5

Race

Answer 5

Race is a grouping of humans into specific categories based on shared physical and cultural traits .

Question 6

Asian

Answer 6

A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian Subcontinent.