From The Texas Realtor Website:
“The Fair Housing Act prohibits housing discrimination based on seven protected classes: race, color, national origin, religion, familial status, disability, and sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation).
“’A lot of people don’t know that there are actually laws that protect against discrimination,’” she says. “’We talk to folks about fair housing, and they tell us, ‘I had no idea this exists.’ On a practical level, many people don’t understand what discrimination looks like. The basics about what is fair housing are not common knowledge.’”
Read the full article, “Prevent Disability Discrimination and Promote Fair Housing” on the Texas Realtor website.