In Washington, there were 347 total complaints of housing discrimination, mostly for discrimination against people with disabilities. That’s down nearly 56% from 787 last year.
A federal law, known as the Fair Housing Act, prohibits discriminating against those seeking housing on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, family status or disability.
But despite the law, discrimination is still pervasive in the modern housing market, said Morgan Williams, general counsel at the National Fair Housing Alliance.
The group’s annual Fair Housing Report looks at the number of complaints related to housing discrimination each year, using data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the U.S. Department of Justice
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