<Li> Advertising the sale or rental of a dwelling indicating preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, disability or national origin . </Li> <Li> Coercing, threatening, intimidating, or interfering with a person's enjoyment or exercise of housing rights based on discriminatory reasons or retaliating against a person or organization that aids or encourages the exercise or enjoyment of fair housing rights . </Li> <P> When the Fair Housing Act was first enacted, it prohibited discrimination only on the basis of race, color, religion, and national origin . Sex was added as a protected characteristic in 1974 . In 1988, disability and familial status (the presence or anticipated presence of children under 18 in a household) were added (further codified in the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990). In certain circumstances, the law allows limited exceptions for discrimination based on sex, religion, or familial status . </P> <P> In 2017, a federal judge ruled that sexual orientation and gender identity are protected classes under the Fair Housing Act . As of May 2018, there is an additional pending effort to amend the Fair Housing Act to make this explicit (HR 1447). In a meeting on May 16, 2018 with the National Association of Realtors (NAR), Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R - Calif .), who is campaigning for his 16th term, said he believed that homeowners should be allowed to refuse to sell their home to gay and lesbian homebuyers . NAR disagreed and withdrew its endorsement of the Congressman over the matter . </P>

When was familial status added to fair housing