Check Your Understanding Answers
- What are civil rights laws in the real estate industry designed to do?
They are designed to create a situation where persons having similar financial means have similar choices when attempting to buy, lease, rent, or finance property.
- What is significant about the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988?
It added disability and familial status to the list of protected classes.
- Describe the exemption that exists for familial status discrimination?
- Housing for older persons is exempt if one of the following conditions is exists.
- The HUD Secretary has determined that it is specifically designed for and occupied by elderly persons under a Federal, State or local government program.
- It is occupied solely by persons who are 62 or older.
- It houses at least one person who is 55 or older in at least 80 percent of the occupied units, and adheres to a policy that demonstrates the intent to house persons who are 55 or older.
- If a person feels like he or she has been discriminated against, how long does that person have to file a complaint?
With HUD – within one year of the alleged act
In state or federal court – within two years of the alleged act
