Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Building diversity

[Bob Leigh (bobleigh]

On 3/13/97, patricia_a._needham [at] hud.gov wrote:
> Federal civil rights laws do not prohibit all forms of discrimination; only
> discrimination against specific protected classes.  Sexual orientation is
> not a protected class in federal law; neither is familial status.  This
> varies from state to state under each state's civil rights laws.

My impression is that the federal fair housing laws do prohibit
discrimination against families with children, but do not prohibit
favoring them over other family structures.  Am I confused?

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