Diversity Consciousness

DISCRIMINATION IN REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS Name Institution Affiliation Course Date of Submission Every resident in the US has a right to buy a home. There is no single law that allows discrimination when minority homeowners want to buy a home. Although many minority groups face discrimination during the process of home-buying, legally all people have a right to own a home and violation of this right call for pursuance of legal action. Discrimination against minorities in the process of home-buying is illegal. The department for urban development HUD protects the minority homeowners during the process of owning a home. HUD helps people who face discrimination making it eligible to file a legal proceeding with respect to illegal discrimination. The law protects against homebuyers who are discriminated due to their race, gender, age, religion, disability and sexual orientation. Individuals selling their homes can not discriminate against a buyer and also a buyer can not be forced to take sales terms that are unfair. There are more laws that are aimed at protecting gay people from housing discrimination making it illegal to treat gays differently when selling a residential property. Housing discrimination on the basis of person’s gender identity is prohibited since sexual orientation and gender identity laws for antidiscrimination were included in federal home lending programs in 2011 (Discrimination and Residential Real Estate , 2013). Every citizen has to be treated fairly when buying a residential property regardless of their minority status. The fair housing Act of 1968 makes discriminatory practices in housing market illegal making a constitutional fair housing throughout the US. The Act prohibits discrimination in the sale and rental, provision of services and other financial services in connection with housing. The Act empowers HUD to assist victims of discrimination in courts to order the payment of damages in case of discrimination (Long, 2007). In th...