Fair Housing Act

Definition of "Fair Housing Act"
  1. A law that forbids unfair treatment in housing processes based on race, color, nationality, religion, gender, family configuration, or disability
How to use "Fair Housing Act" in a sentence
  1. The family could seek legal intervention under the Fair Housing Act as they suspected they were being discriminated against due to their race.
  2. The disabled individual was protected by the Fair Housing Act, which prevented the landlord from declining his request for a service animal.
  3. The landlords were penalized for violating the Fair Housing Act by rejecting applicants based on their familial status.

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