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Get ready for your real estate license exam with this comprehensive video on the Fair Housing Act and its amendments! This video covers all the key information you need to know, including the purpose and history of the act, its protected classes, and the recent amendments.
Whether you're a new or experienced real estate agent, this video is an essential resource for ensuring you understand the Fair Housing Act and its amendments. Watch now and ace your real estate license exam!
Here are the chapters for this video. Feel free to jump around accordingly:
0:00 Introduction
0:24 What Is the Fair Housing Act of 1968?
0:45 Who Does the Fair Housing Act of 1968 Protect?
2:20 The History Behind the Fair Housing Act of 1968
3:05 What Does the FHA Cover and Not Cover?
4:20 Fair Housing Act Violation Example
4:45 Fair Housing Act Violation Penalties
5:18 Where the FHA Fell Short
5:40 What Is the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988?
6:25 How to Fight for Fair Housing
6:47 What Do You Need to Know for the Exam?
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Fair Housing Act of 1968 prohibits the
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discrimination against protected classes
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in the housing market if you're hoping
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to Ace your real estate exam and become
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a real estate Pro you'll need to
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understand the fair housing act and its
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amendments luckily you've come to the
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right place to educate yourself on this
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topic oh everybody it's Zach here from
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real estatelicensewizard.com and today
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we're going over the fair housing act
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and its amendments let's get started so
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what is the fair housing act of 1968
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well the Fair Housing Act of 1968
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protects buyers and renters from
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discrimination when looking for housing
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it's also known as Title VII the Civil
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Rights Act the FHA essentially prohibits
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real estate professionals from treating
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individuals with protected classes
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unequally who does the fair housing act
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of 1968 protect well there's five
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protected classes covered in the federal
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fair housing act of 1968. there's one
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race to color three national origin four
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religion and then five sex or sexual
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orientation gender identity which was
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later added so let's take a closer look
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at each protected class to understand
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how the FHA defends them so fair housing
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laws make it clear that real estate
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professionals and housing providers
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cannot discriminate based on race for
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example if a real estate agent tells a
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minority that a house has been sold but
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continues showing the home to other
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people this could indicate racial
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discrimination the Fair Housing Act also
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states that everyone regardless of their
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skin color has the right to fair housing
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and housing opportunities If a landlord
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only rents out homes to White tenants
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this could indicate that they are
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discriminating against renters based on
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skin color housing providers also cannot
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discriminate against home buyers and
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renters based on their ancestry culture
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and national origin if a real estate
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agent refers to work with buyers from a
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particular country or region they can be
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considered discriminating obviously
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against that protected class now
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according to the FHA home buyers should
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also have access to housing
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opportunities regardless of their
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religious beliefs if a real estate agent
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were to steer a Muslim buyer away from a
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white neighborhood this could be a
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violation of the fair housing act and
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then of course sex is another protected
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class under FHA which includes sexual
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orientation gender identity this means
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you know housing providers cannot treat
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same-sex couples or transgender
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individuals differently than they would
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anyone else so what's the history behind
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this well to fully understand the
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significance of this act we need to
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understand the history leading up to it
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you need to understand that the Civil
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Rights Act of 1964 and 66 really paved
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the way for the Fair Housing Act of
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1968. at that time racism and
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segregation was still rampant in the
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United States and that's why the Civil
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Rights Act of 1964 was designed to
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prohibit discrimination and segregation
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in public places the protected
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characteristics under the Civil Rights
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Act included race color religion sex
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national origin Paving the way for the
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fair housing act four years later the
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key takeaway here is that you need to
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understand the Civil Rights act of 1966
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set an important precedent which then
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then led to the fair housing act now
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what types of housing does the fair
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housing act cover well the Fair Housing
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Act protects against most housing types
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I'll put a list on the screen we've got
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single family homes multi-family homes
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apartments condos mobile homes and
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nursing homes essentially if a property
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constitutes a dwelling or place of
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residence there's a strong chance that
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interested buyers and renters are
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protected under the FHA so what does the
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fair housing act not protect well well
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the fair housing act and its amendments
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cover a lot of ground it's important to
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note that this act doesn't cover all
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housing types so for example apartment
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buildings with less than five units
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single family housing sold without a
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real estate agent housing for religious
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organizations hotels and motels private
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clubs things like that and it's
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obviously important to note as well that
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the federal fair housing act does not
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consider the following attributes to be
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protected characteristics age
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citizenship occupation source of income
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marital status and a few others now it's
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worth mentioning that fair housing laws
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vary from state to state so it's
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essential that you are aware of your own
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State's fair housing laws remember this
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is the federal fair housing act Most
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states have their own fair housing law
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in addition to the federal fair housing
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law which can ADD protected classes
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things like that so let's talk about an
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example of a fair housing act violation
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so real estate professionals must
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understand which behaviors obviously
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would violate the fair housing act so
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we've compiled a list and I'll put them
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on the screen for you so I'll just go
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over a couple of these refusing to show
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minorities houses in certain
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neighborhoods harassing a home buyer
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because of their religious beliefs you
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know refusing to repair attendance unit
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because of their sexuality things like
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that now there's penalties for violating
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the Fair Housing Act sixteen thousand
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dollars for a first-time violation 37
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500 for a previous violation if it's
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occurred within the last five years and
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then sixty five thousand if two produce
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violations have occurred within the last
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seven years now in cases where home
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providers use force or even threat
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violence or you know something that
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might constitute fair housing law
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violations the penalties can be even
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more serious including possible jail
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time so where did the Fair Housing Act
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of 1968 fall short well this act played
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a significant role in the fight for fair
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housing it still had a long way to go
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for example the FHA failed to protect
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all vulnerable categories of home buyers
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the FHA was also rarely enforced by the
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necessary department so it lacked
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Effectiveness and strength as a result
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the Fair Housing Act of 1968 failed to
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eradicate housing discrimination luckily
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the fair housing amendments act came
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along in 1988 to strengthen the FHA and
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added two additional groups to its
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protections so the first one would be
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familiar status and the second one would
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be disabilities those are the two
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protected classes it added for example a
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landlord um you know before then could
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try to charge tenants extra for having
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young children that would now constitute
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a violation after 1988 it now would
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violate uh the FHA and then obviously
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the disability thing for example if a
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landlord is selling apartments that are
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not accessible to renters in wheelchairs
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that could be considered a violation
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until reasonable accommodations aren't
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made so how can real estate
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professionals fight housing
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discrimination well as a future real
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estate professional it's your
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responsibility to combat housing
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discrimination and ensure Equal Housing
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opportunities for all I'm going to put a
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quick list of things on the screen but
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essentially the most important thing to
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do is treat all your clients equally
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it's that simple you need to be treating
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everyone equally and fairly so what do
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you need to know for the real estate
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exam well the Fair Housing Act of 1968
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protects buyers and renters from
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discrimination when looking for housing
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this protected five classes 20 years
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later the fair housing amendments Act of
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19 1988 came along was strengthened the
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FHA the original act and added two
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additional groups to its protection know
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this and your specific protected classes
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and you'll be good to go come exam day
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