April 12, 2019 | by Katie Claflin
Categories: Fair Housing
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Fair Housing Act into law on April 11, 1968. Every year, to commemorate its passage, the month of April is designated as Fair Housing Month.
The Fair Housing Act, formally known as Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, protects Americans’ right to rent an apartment, buy a home, obtain a mortgage, and/or purchase homeowners insurance by making it illegal to discriminate based on the following categories:
In honor of this important legislation, every April we do a blog post highlighting fair housing topics and sharing resources to better educate our readers on fair housing issues. Here’s a recap of some of the best fair housing resources we’ve found to date:
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