Fair+Housing+Act+1968

The Fair Housing Act of 1968, also known as Title VII of the Vivil rights act of 1968, was passed in effort to create a solution for the problem of unlawful housing discrimination. People were descriminated based on race, sex, color, national origin and/or religion. This act enables people in protected classes to rent or own property in areas that were once. The job of enforcing the act was put into the hands of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Regulations and investigations were run by HUD for disciminatory housing situations. [|1] The act explains a list of prohibited actions involving housing, sales, rentals, advertising and financing. In the ammendments of 1988 added restraints that worked against discrimination against disabled persons and families that hadof age 18 and under. Also new constructed buildings for more than one family were required to be easy access. [|1] The Act also worked to stop "blockbusting" which was when realtors frightened home owners that if a certian race or type of people were to move into the neighborhood, that the value of their house would decrease. This became illegal. The act also worked to protect those of protected groups of people who worked in the realty business. It was now illegal to set different fees to these people or to deny them benefits. They may not be subject to geographical boundaries as to where they may work or where they may have their office either. Banks and financial companies may not discriminate either. Anyone who broke these laws was subject to large penalties and fees and possible a civil lawsuit. [|2]