Fair Housing
The Rhode Island Fair Housing Practices Act prohibits discrimination based on which protected class NOT included in the federal Fair Housing Act?
ARace
BReligion
CSexual orientation✓ Correct
DNational origin
Explanation
Rhode Island's Fair Housing Practices Act includes sexual orientation (and gender identity/expression) as a protected class, which goes beyond the seven federal protected classes under the federal Fair Housing Act.
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