By: Dennis Norman
Today we celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the very influential, prominent leader and icon of the American Civil Rights movement.
One of the most important accomplishments of Dr King and the Civil Rights movement was the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which was signed into law on July 2, 1964 and prohibited discrimination in public places, provided for integration of schools and made employment discrimination illegal. It did not, however, make discrimination in housing illegal which Dr. King and the Civil Rights Movement continued to work toward.
Finally, on April 11, 1968 discrimination in housing became illegal when Read more…
By: Dennis Norman
Today we celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the very influential, prominent leader and icon of the American Civil Rights movement.
One of the most important accomplishments of Dr King and the Civil Rights movement was the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which was signed into law on July 2, 1964 and prohibited discrimination in public places, provided for integration of schools and made employment discrimination illegal. It did not, however, make discrimination in housing illegal which Dr. King and the Civil Rights Movement continued to work toward.
Finally, on April 11, 1968 discrimination in housing became illegal when Read more…
By: Dennis Norman
After writing a post about the The Fair Housing Act for a blog for the real estate consumer I realized there is information in that article that could be very valuable to the real estate investor as well. While the focus of the article was a report that had just been issued by The National Commission on Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity which stated, among other things, “discrimination continues to be endemic, intertwined into the very fabric of our lives. Ironically, even though more Americans than ever are living in diverse communities, residential segregation remains high……there are at least 4 million fair housing violations in our country every year. That is far too many.” Read more…
