Law
Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988
The law expanded the Fair Housing Act's protected classes and strengthened federal enforcement mechanisms and remedies for housing discrimination.
Year
1988
Impact
Positive
Status
Active
Party
Unknown
Era
Post Civil Rights Era
Impact Context
The law strengthened federal enforcement of fair-housing protections in a policy area where Black Americans had long faced entrenched discrimination.
What This Policy Did
The law strengthened federal enforcement of fair-housing protections in a policy area where Black Americans had long faced entrenched discrimination.
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Sources
Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, Public Law 100-430
GovInfo / Statutes at Large • Government • Sep 13, 1988
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