<Li> The Fair Housing Act - Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (Fair Housing Act), as amended, prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of dwellings, and in other housing - related transactions, based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status (including children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women, and people securing custody of children under the age of 18), and handicap (disability) </Li> <Li> Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 - Title VI prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance . </Li> <Li> Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - Section 504 prohibits discrimination based on disability in any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance . </Li> <Li> Section 109 of Title 1 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 - Section 109 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex or religion in programs and activities receiving financial assistance from HUD's Community Development and Block Grant Program . </Li>

U.s. department of housing and urban development office of fair housing and equal opportunity