The Fair Housing Act is a subsection of the Civil Rights Act of 1968. As amended, the act prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of dwellings, and in other housing-related transactions, based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status, and disability.
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April is National Fair Housing Month and by City Council Proclamation also Fair Housing Month in Greeley. See proclamation here. This year marks the 55th anniversary of the passage of the Fair Housing Act, landmark civil rights law signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, that made discrimination in housing transactions unlawful. See additional information on Fair Housing in the brochures below or on the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Fair Housing website: https://www.hud.gov/fairhousing. Know your rights under the Fair Housing Act!