Just days after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the U.S. Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1968. Also known as the Fair Housing Act, this landmark legislation banned racial discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing. Covering approximately 80 percent of the nation’s housing market, it marked a crucial step toward dismantling systemic barriers in housing and combating residential segregation in America.
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