Understanding Who the Fair Housing Act Protects
The Fair Housing Act (FHA) prohibits discrimination in housing based on several protected classes. These protected classes are:
- Race: A person’s ancestry or ethnic group
- Color: A person’s skin color
- Religion: A person’s beliefs about a deity or deities
- National origin: The country in which a person was born or with which a person identifies
- Sex: A person’s gender, which is either male or female
- Disability: A physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities
- Familial status: The presence of children under the age of 18 and pregnant women.
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