Last Friday, I attended a seminar on “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing: What is Required” which was presented by the North Carolina Fair Housing Project. The session was very informative, and I thought you might be interested to learn more about fair housing as well!
The Fair Housing Act was passed in April of 1968. It was in passed in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement in response to housing segregation based on race. It prohibits discrimination in housing based on the 7 “protected classes” which are:
- race
- color
- national origin
- religion
- gender
- familial status
- disability
Under the Fair Housing Act, no one can refuse to rent or sell housing, refuse to negotiate for housing, make housing unavailable, or deny a dwelling based on any of the protected classes. It also prohibits falsely denying that housing is available or trying to persuade a homeowner to sell or rent to a particular type of person. The ultimate goal of the Fair Housing Act is to end segregation, primarily based on racial and national origin.
The Fair Housing Act challenges HUD to do more than just refrain from discrimination. HUD must also “assist in ending discrimination and segregation,” and it is required to administer programs in a manner that “affirmatively” furthers the policies of the Fair Housing Act. Local programs that receive money from HUD must meet these same standards.
Legal Aid of North Carolina is working to protect the residents of North Carolina North Carolina and you believe your fair housing rights have been violated, contact HUD’s regional office in Atlanta
Check back soon to learn more about what Forsyth County is doing to affirmatively further fair housing, particularly in regard to those with disabilities.
Those protected classes has always been the cause of discrimination. I don't know why other people cannot accept these classes of people. The fact that there should be no such things as this classes in our society and treat everyone fair and equal.
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Fair housing has been one of the main learning focus in many real estate license courses in the US. It aims to provide proper knowledge about fair housing, the law, how to avoid discrimination and how to determine what kind of fair housing should be known in every community.
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