The Fair Housing Act Fifty Years Later
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This month marks the 50th anniversary of the Fair Housing Act of 1968. President Lyndon B Johnson signed the legislation into law on April 11, 1968 — on the heels of the tragic assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. This landmark legislation prohibits discrimination based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status or disability. Not included is equal opportunity in private housing on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, although about half the states have enacted legislation banning this discrimination (unfortunately not Florida).
The Fair Housing Act was designed in part to end the racially discriminatory practices which resulted in segregated neighborhoods. The discrimination was perpetrated by both…
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