Fair Housing
Under the Fair Housing Act, which protected class was added by the 1988 Fair Housing Amendments Act?
ARace and color
BDisability and familial status✓ Correct
CSex and religion
DNational origin
Explanation
The Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 added disability and familial status as protected classes to the original Fair Housing Act of 1968 (which covered race, color, religion, national origin, and sex). The 1988 amendments also significantly expanded enforcement remedies and added design and construction requirements for new multifamily housing.
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