Talk:Fair housing (United States)

Merger
There are too many elements distinct from the other aspects o the law. Consider housing a s distinct need, and protected right. Consider also the aspect of disability and accessibility compliance inherent in the Fair Housing Act that is totally distinct from the CRA.

There are also many aspects of fair housing that are not included in the Civil Rights Act of 1968, such as Section 504 disability issues, regulation of GSE's (Fannie, Freddie), state and local enforcement, nonprofits, age discrimination issues, testing issues, etc., etc.

The term "fair housing" itself is one that fair housing groups, both private and governmental, have long worked to make a household word. Consider that placing "fair housing" under the CRA would create a disconnect between the growing awareness of "fair housing" and these articles.

OPPOSE the merge idea; just link. Jon 20:21, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Don't Merge
I agree that "fair housing" is a term of art and cannot be encompassed within the Civil Rights Movement article. --/nbdy241 03:10, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

I Oppose Merger
Fair housing is a concept in non Unitd States legal codes and social thought and as such it would be inappropriate to merge it into a topic exclusively about a US law (or set of laws). --/decepticon 11:10, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Merger
I suggest that rather than merging "fair housing" and "open housing", there needs to be an article specifically on the "Fair Housing Act"; this article is probably the basic source for "Fair Housing Act" and could just be moved to that title. Then another article on Housing discrimination in the United States would be needed which could talk about housing within the civil rights movement; the Fair Housing Act; the Shelley case & discriminatory covenants; enforcement; disability issues; etc. I'm not sure whether this is really the "open housing" article or not. --lquilter 19:32, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

"Open" housing is an obsolete synonym for "fair housing". Simply shut down the "open housing" listing and replace with "See fair housing (link)." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 170.97.167.62 (talk) 17:07, August 28, 2007 (UTC)

Error in last paragraph of this article
There is an error in the last paragraph of this article. It should read that the fair housing act DOES NOT apply to a landlord renting units from his primary residence to three or less families or individuals. This is generally known as Mrs. Murphy's Exception.(You might want to include that even though the FHA rules do not prohibit this landlord from discrimination, he/she still cannot run ads that are discriminatory.)RobbChadwick 15:47, 22 January 2007 (UTC)