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The History of How We Arrived at the Fair Housing Act

  • NEW YORK LIFE 830 West Causeway Approach Mandeville, LA, 70471 United States (map)

Explore the events in U.S. history that led to the creation of the Fair Housing Act in 1968.

History of the Fair Housing Act, 0003 is a Louisiana Real Estate Commission approved continuing education class worth 2 hours of credit upon completion.

Learning Objectives:

  • The real estate agent will display a general knowledge of the Civil Rights Act of 1866.

  • The real estate agent will display a general knowledge of the Supreme Court Case Corrigan v. Buckley.

  • The real estate agent will display a general knowledge of how the Federal Housing Administration negatively affected minority homeownership.

  • The real estate agent will display a general understanding of the term "Not In My Backyard" or NIMBY.

  • The real estate agent will display a general knowledge of the government efforts in the 1960s in the movement toward the passage of the Fair Housing Act.

  • The real estate agent will display a general knowledge of the auxiliary efforts after the passage of the Fair Housing Act.

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