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  2. Housing discrimination in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Fair Housing Act was passed at the urging of President Lyndon B. Johnson. Congress passed the federal Fair Housing Act (codified at 42 U.S.C. 3601-3619, penalties for violation at 42 U.S.C. 3631) Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 only one week after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

  3. Age-restricted community - Wikipedia

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    According to 55places.com, Florida has the most age-restricted communities with more than 375 communities, with New Jersey coming in second with more than 230 age-restricted communities. [9] Other popular states for age-restricted communities include Oregon, North Carolina, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Utah.

  4. Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing - Wikipedia

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    Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) is a provision of the 1968 federal Fair Housing Act [1] signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson.The law requires that "All executive departments and agencies shall administer their programs and activities relating to housing and urban development (including any Federal agency having regulatory or supervisory authority over financial ...

  5. How the ‘long and stormy’ fight for Fair Housing Act took MLK ...

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    A third photograph, Johnson signing the Fair Housing Act into law on April 11, 1968, brings sudden closure. The president is surrounded by 20 men, including Sens. Walter Mondale and Edward Brooke ...

  6. Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity - Wikipedia

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    The Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) is an agency within the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.FHEO is responsible for administering and enforcing federal fair housing laws and establishing policies that make sure all Americans have equal access to the housing of their choice.

  7. Housing for Older Persons Act - Wikipedia

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    The Act "amend[s] the Fair Housing Act to modify the exemption from certain familial status discrimination prohibitions granted to housing for older persons." [3] The short title is the "Housing for Older Persons Act of 1995." [4] Section 2, defining "housing for older persons", amends Section 807(b)(2)(C) of the Fair Housing Act, [5] as that being

  8. Housing segregation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity is charged with administering and enforcing fair housing laws. Any person who believes that they have faced housing discrimination based on their race can file a fair housing complaint. The most comprehensive federal fair housing act of its time, this piece of legislation mandated fair housing as ...

  9. Florida Florida Constitution, Article I, §2 (1998) Georgia Fair Employment Practices Act; Hawaii Hawaii Constitution, Article I, §3 (1978) Illinois Illinois Constitution, Article I, §18 (1970) Jett Hawkins Act (2021) Homeless Bill of Rights; Iowa Iowa Constitution, Article I, §1 (1998) Louisiana Louisiana Constitution, Article I, §3 (1975)