The Law
Sweeping changes marked the 1960's as a decade of progress in both civil rights and open housing legislation. The movement toward racial equality included the Supreme Court's Brown v Board of Education, the Public Accomodations Bill, and the Voting Rights Act. All helped to shape the U.S. Civil Rights Act signed into law on April 11, 1968, the week following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Title VIII of the U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1968 is commonly referred to as the Fair Housing Act. This federal law, as amended in 1974 and 1988, protects each individual's right to equal housing opportunity without discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, and/or familial status (the presence of children).
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Fair Housing Law
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