Here Are Some Current Fair Housing Trends

I wanted to address some fair housing trends with this post.  For many years following passage of the the Fair Housing Act (FHA) in 1968, the most frequently filed claims concerned allegations of racial discrimination.  Since I started doing this work (17 years ago), however, that has changed.   Now, claims of disability discrimination make up right around 50% of the cases filed.  And in addition to being the most common protected class identified in formal complaints, many informal inquiries from residents (and applicants) concern requests for reasonable accommodations or reasonable modifications related to a disability.  To be sure, race/national origin/color claims are in second place, with a typical percentage around 25%.  Claims involving familial status are next, making up around 13% of cases, with sex and religion cases much less common.