Question
nnnnAccording to the provisions of both federal and state civil rights legislation, discrimination due to race, color, creed or national origin in housing is:
nnnnSelections
nnnnA. Unenforceable
nnnnB. Unlawful
nnnnC. Illegal
nnnnD. All of the above
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Answer: D
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5 Keys Summary
nnnn• Discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of residential real estate based on race, color, or national origin is explicitly defined as unlawful by the federal Fair Housing Act.
nnnn• The Fair Housing Act makes discrimination in advertising, real estate sales, and mortgage lending explicitly illegal.
nnnn• Discriminatory restrictions and covenants, even private ones, are deemed legally unenforceable because court enforcement constitutes a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment, as established by the Supreme Court in Shelley v. Kraemer (1948).
nnnn• State legislation, such as the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (Rumford Act), supports these principles by banning unfair housing practices related to race and color.
nnnn• Because such actions violate legal statutes (making them unlawful/illegal) and related restrictions cannot be enforced by the courts (making them unenforceable), discrimination is comprehensively classified by civil rights legislation as All of the above.
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