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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Chapter 45 — Fair Housing

§ 3606. Discrimination in the provision of brokerage services

Statutory text

After , it shall be unlawful to deny any person access to or membership or participation in any multiple-listing service, real estate brokers’ organization or other service, organization, or facility relating to the business of selling or renting dwellings, or to discriminate against him in the terms or conditions of such access, membership, or participation, on account of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 90–284 title VIII § 806 · 82 Stat. 73

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 3606

    Pub. L. 90–284, title VIII, § 806, Apr. 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 84

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 90–284, title VIII, § 806, Apr. 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 84

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 806. discrimination in the provision of brokerage services After December 31, 1968, it shall be unlawful to deny any person access to or membership or participation in any multiple-listing service, real estate brokers organization or other content, organization, or facility relating to the business of selling or renting dwellings, or to discriminate against him in the terms or conditions of such access, membership, or participation, on account of race, color, religion, or national origin.

  2. Housing and Community Development Act of 1974

    Pub. L. 93–383 title VIII § 808(b)(3) · 88 Stat. 634

    Inserted · 42 U.S.C. § 3606

    Pub. L. 93–383 inserted “, sex” after “religion”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 93–383 inserted “, sex” after “religion”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (3) Section 806 of such Act is amended by inserting a comma and 42 USC 3606. the word “sex” immediately after the word “religion”.

  3. Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988

    Pub. L. 100–430 § 6(b)(1) · 102 Stat. 1619

    Inserted · 42 U.S.C. § 3606

    Pub. L. 100–430 inserted “handicap, familial status,” after “sex,”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 100–430 inserted “handicap, familial status,” after “sex,”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) Section 806 and subsections (c), (d), and (e) of section 804, are each amended by inserting “handicap, familial status,” immediately after “sex,” each place it appears.

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 100–430 effective on 180th day beginning after Sept. 13, 1988, see section 13(a) of Pub. L. 100–430, set out as a note under section 3601 of this title.

3 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments1974–1988 · 2 rounds

1988

Pub. L. 100–430 inserted “handicap, familial status,” after “sex,”.

1974

Pub. L. 93–383 inserted “, sex” after “religion”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 100–430 effective on 180th day beginning after , see section 13(a) of Pub. L. 100–430, set out as a note under section 3601 of this title.

Credits

1968–1988 · 3 acts
  1. 1968Pub. L. 90–284, title VIII, § 806, , 82 Stat. 84
  2. 1974Pub. L. 93–383, title VIII, § 808(b)(3), , 88 Stat. 729
  3. 1988Pub. L. 100–430, § 6(b)(1), , 102 Stat. 1622.
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(Pub. L. 90–284, title VIII, § 806, , 82 Stat. 84; Pub. L. 93–383, title VIII, § 808(b)(3), , 88 Stat. 729; Pub. L. 100–430, § 6(b)(1), , 102 Stat. 1622.)

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