Exam term
Protected characteristic
A trait on which housing decisions may not lawfully be based. The federal Fair Housing Act protects race, color, religion, sex, national origin, familial status and disability. States can add more: New York also protects, for example, creed, marital status, lawful source of income and citizenship or immigration status.
Lessons that use this term
- Servicing diverse populations: implicit bias, access, and language California
- Pressure to discriminate and anti-bias training New York
- Broker and salesperson fair housing responsibilities and New York's disclosure forms New York
- The New York State Human Rights Law and protected classes in New York New York
- Fair housing violations, advertising, enforcement, and the ADA Texas