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: Housing Wire

Housing Discrimination Complaints Top Record High

By DIANA GOLOBAY

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Consumers filed a record 10,552 fair housing discrimination complaints in fiscal year 2008, according to an annual congressional report prepared by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination on basis of race, color, nationality, religion, gender, disability and familial status. Fiscal year ‘08 marked the third consecutive fiscal [...]

Full post as published by Housing Wire on June 09, 2009 (boomark / email).

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