Which statement about the Fair Housing Act of 1968 is accurate?

Which statement about the Fair Housing Act of 1968 is accurate?

• A. It applied to all rental housing without discrimination.
• B. It prohibited discrimination in housing sales and rentals based on race, color, religion, or national origin.
• C. It guaranteed free housing to veterans.
• D. It regulated mortgage interest rates.

Answer: (B)

Equal access to housing and protecting people from discrimination in housing transactions is what's being tested. The Fair Housing Act of 1968 makes it illegal to refuse to sell or rent a home or to finance housing based on a person’s race, color, religion, or national origin. This captures the core protections of the act when it first passed, and later amendments expanded protections to include other groups (like sex, disability, and familial status). The statement fits because it focuses on discrimination in sales and rentals, which is precisely what the act prohibits. The other options describe things outside the act’s scope: it does not promise free housing to veterans, and it does not regulate mortgage interest rates. Also, while the act covers many situations, there are exemptions in some housing arrangements, so it’s not literally “all rental housing” without any discrimination.

Equal access to housing and protecting people from discrimination in housing transactions is what's being tested. The Fair Housing Act of 1968 makes it illegal to refuse to sell or rent a home or to finance housing based on a person’s race, color, religion, or national origin. This captures the core protections of the act when it first passed, and later amendments expanded protections to include other groups (like sex, disability, and familial status). The statement fits because it focuses on discrimination in sales and rentals, which is precisely what the act prohibits. The other options describe things outside the act’s scope: it does not promise free housing to veterans, and it does not regulate mortgage interest rates. Also, while the act covers many situations, there are exemptions in some housing arrangements, so it’s not literally “all rental housing” without any discrimination.