Fair Housing Act

The Fair Housing Act (1968) is a U.S. federal law that prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin, and other protected characteristics. It made racially restrictive covenants illegal and was passed in the wake of the 1968 rebellions and Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination.

Claims that use this term

• Only twelve years separated the Fair Housing Act from Reagan’s election
• Racially restrictive covenants were perfectly legal until the 1968 Fair Housing Act.
• The 1968 rebellions broke the congressional deadlock that passed the Fair Housing Act