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Fair Housing Division
UTAH LABOR COMMISSION
Dr. David ParkerFair Housing Outreach Specialist
Let’s Talk About Fair Housing Aging & Disability Resource Connection
University of Utah Officer’s Club August 26, 2014
FAIR HOUSING FOR ALL!
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To examine the FAIR HOUSING Law and how To examine the FAIR HOUSING Law and how it relates to youit relates to you
To identify ways to take action
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PRESENTATION GOALS
To know that your actions CAN make a difference
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PRESENTATION GOALS
Can you find thethe mistake?1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Before laws were passed making housing discrimination against the law, landlords, real estate agents and others could do things to prevent certain
people (African Americans and Hispanics) from renting, buying or insuring a home that they wanted without ever being punished. The Fair Housing Law
protects every person in the U.S., regardless of citizenship, from housing discrimination.
What is the FAIR HOUSING Law?
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What is the FAIR HOUSING Law?
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YOUR THOUGHTS
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The Fair Housing Law was first passed in April 1968 shortly after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King.
What is The FAIR HOUSING Law?
•Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (Fair Housing Act), as amended, prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of dwellings, and in other housing-related transactions, based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status (including children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women, and people securing custody of children under the age of 18), and disability.
What is The FAIR HOUSING Law?
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The Fair Housing Law means that you and your family have equal opportunity to choose where to live without being discriminated against or treated differently than other people, depending only on whether you are able to pay the rent or mortgage.
What is The FAIR HOUSING Law?
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YOUR THOUGHTS
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What is Discrimination?
Discrimination IS…
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…when someone is treated differently based on their race,
color, sex, national origin, religion, disability or source of income.
The FAIR HOUSING Law identifies 7 groups (classes) that are protected against housing
discrimination by the Fair Housing Law.
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• RACE• COLOR• NATIONAL ORIGIN• RELIGON• SEX• DISABILITY• FAMILAL STATUS• SOURCE OF INCOME
Protected Classes Under the Fair Housing Law
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• RACE• COLOR• NATIONAL ORIGIN• RELIGON• SEX• DISABILITY• FAMILAL STATUS• SOURCE OF INCOME
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Protected Classes Under the Fair Housing Law
• RACE• COLOR• NATIONAL ORIGIN• RELIGON• SEX• DISABILITY• FAMILAL STATUS• SOURCE OF INCOME
Utah Antidiscrimination & Labor Division - 801-530-6801
Protected Classes Under the Fair Housing Law
• RACE• COLOR• NATIONAL ORIGIN• RELIGION • SEX• DISABILITY• FAMILAL STATUS• SOURCE OF INCOME
Utah Antidiscrimination & Labor Division - 801-530-6801
Protected Classes Under the Fair Housing Law
• RACE• COLOR• NATIONAL ORIGIN• RELIGON• SEX• DISABILITY• FAMILAL STATUS• SOURCE OF INCOME
Utah Antidiscrimination & Labor Division - 801-530-6801
Protected Classes Under the Fair Housing Law
• RACE• COLOR• NATIONAL ORIGIN• RELIGON• SEX• DISABILITY• FAMILAL STATUS• SOURCE OF INCOME
Utah Antidiscrimination & Labor Division - 801-530-6801
Protected Classes Under the Fair Housing Law
• RACE• COLOR• NATIONAL ORIGIN• RELIGON• SEX• DISABILITY• FAMILIAL STATUS• SOURCE OF INCOME
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Protected Classes Under the Fair Housing Law
Each state has the right to add to the PROTECTED CLASSES within their state. Utah
has added…
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Protected Classes Under the Fair Housing Law
• RACE• COLOR• NATIONAL ORIGIN• RELIGON• SEX• DISABILITY• FAMILAL STATUS• SOURCE OF INCOME
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Protected Classes Under the Fair Housing Law
• RACE• COLOR• NATIONAL ORIGIN• RELIGION• SEX• DISABILITY• FAMILIAL STATUS • SOURCE OF INCOME
Protected Classes Under theFair Housing Law
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Most type of housing is covered includinghousing that is privately owned.
Exceptions:1. Owner occupied - no more than four units2. Single Family house sold or rented without a
broker - advertisement excluded.3. Housing operated by organizations & private
clubs that limits occupancy to members.
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Housing Covered
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What can you do if…?
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RETALIATION
This protection applies regardless
of the validity of the charge
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Antidiscrimination & Labor Division Labor Commission of Utah
160 East 300 South, 3rd Floor P.O. Box 146640
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6640Phone: 801-530-6801
or 1-800-222-1238Website: http://laborcommission.utah.gov
Email: [email protected]
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385.321.9317
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4,000,000291
FAIR HOUSING FOR ALL!
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