UTAH LABOR COMMISSION
Fair Housing Division
Let’s Talk About Fair Housing
Aging & Disability Resource Connection
University of Utah Officer’s Club
August 26, 2014
Dr. David Parker
Fair Housing Outreach Specialist
dparker@utah.gov
385.321.9317
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PRESENTATION GOALS
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examine the FAIR HOUSING Law and how
it 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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What is the FAIR HOUSING Law?
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.
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YOUR THOUGHTS
What is the FAIR HOUSING Law?
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What is The FAIR HOUSING Law?
The Fair Housing Law
was first passed in
April 1968 shortly
after the assassination
of Dr. Martin Luther King.
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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.
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What is The FAIR HOUSING Law?
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.
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YOUR THOUGHTS
What is Discrimination?
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Discrimination IS…
…when someone is treated
differently based on their race,
color, sex, national origin, religion,
disability or source of income.
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The FAIR HOUSING Law identifies 7 groups
(classes) that are protected against housing
discrimination by the Fair Housing Law.
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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
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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
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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
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RACE
COLOR
NATIONAL ORIGIN
RELIGION
SEX
DISABILITY
FAMILAL STATUS
SOURCE OF INCOME
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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
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RACE
COLOR
NATIONAL ORIGIN
RELIGON
SEX
DISABILITY
FAMILAL STATUS
SOURCE OF INCOME
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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
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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
RELIGION
SEX
DISABILITY
FAMILIAL STATUS
SOURCE OF INCOME
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Housing Covered
Most type of housing is covered including
housing that is privately owned.
Exceptions:
1. Owner occupied - no more than four units
2. 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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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 84114-6640
Phone: 801-530-6801
or 1-800-222-1238
Website: http://laborcommission.utah.gov
Email: discrimination@utah.gov
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