Government,
Administrative/Regulatory
Apr. 11, 2019
Facebook and fair housing in 2019
Half a century after becoming law, the Fair Housing Act still holds up as a law to help stop housing discrimination in the internet era.
Gary W. Rhoades
Civil Rights Attorney Specializing in Fair Housing
Email: garyrhoades2323@gmail.com
UC Davis SOL King Hall; Davis CA
Gary Rhoades was previously the Litigation Director of the Southern California Housing Rights Center and a Deputy City Attorney for Santa Monica, drafting and enforcing the City's laws against housing discrimination and tenant harassment. Gary is currently on the editorial board for the ABA's Human Rights Magazine and Special Counsel for the City of Inglewood's Housing Protection Department.
President Lyndon Baines Johnson signed the Fair Housing Act into law on this date, April 11, in 1968. The landmark legislation -- also known as the Civil Rights Act of 1968 -- had been championed by President Johnson and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and it prohibited landlords, sellers and banks from treating tenants, homebuyers and borrowers differently because of race, color, religion and national origin.
Ending housing discriminat...
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!
Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)
Already a subscriber?
Sign In