Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988
This page analyzes a single policy using structured scoring, historical evidence, source quality, and measurable outcomes.
Summary
The law expanded the Fair Housing Act's protected classes and strengthened federal enforcement mechanisms and remedies for housing discrimination.
How to Read This Record
Impact Reading
Very high documented impact
Evidence Base
Limited evidence from Government sources.
Data Completeness
Needs Review record with 1 source and 0 metrics.
Outcome Summary
The law strengthened federal enforcement of fair-housing protections in a policy area where Black Americans had long faced entrenched discrimination.
Categories
Impact Scores
This score is a structured measure of how directly and materially this policy affected Black communities, weighted by evidence, durability, and equity. Harm offset reduces the total score.
Total Impact Score
33
Directness
4
How explicitly the policy targeted or affected Black communities.
Material Impact
4
The practical real-world effect on conditions, rights, or outcomes.
Evidence
5
Strength of sourcing and historical support for the assessment.
Durability
4
How lasting the effects of the policy were over time.
Equity
4
Whether the policy advanced fairness, inclusion, or equal access.
Harm Offset
0
Any offsetting harms, limitations, exclusions, or contradictory effects that reduce the total.
Scoring Notes: Expanded enforcement tools for housing discrimination claims.
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Suggested Relationships
These policies may be related based on shared categories, era, and proximity in time.
1977 • Law • Unknown party
Post Civil Rights Era • Positive
Shared Categories: 2 • Year Distance: 11
1974 • Law • Republican Party
Civil Rights Era • Mixed
Shared Categories: 2 • Year Distance: 14
1970 • Law • Republican Party
Civil Rights Era • Mixed
Shared Categories: 2 • Year Distance: 18
1968 • Court Case • Unknown party
Civil Rights Era • Positive
Shared Categories: 2 • Year Distance: 20
1968 • Law • Democratic Party
Civil Rights Era • Positive
Shared Categories: 2 • Year Distance: 20
1962 • Executive Order • Democratic Party
Civil Rights Era • Positive
Shared Categories: 2 • Year Distance: 26
2015 • Court Case • Unknown party
Contemporary Era • Positive
Shared Categories: 2 • Year Distance: 27
2015 • Agency Action • Democratic Party
Contemporary Era • Positive
Shared Categories: 2 • Year Distance: 27
Sources
Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, Public Law 100-430
GovInfo / Statutes at Large • Government
Published: Sep 13, 1988
Primary statute text
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