The Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988: The First Decade

The fair Housing Amendments Act of 1998 Cityscape 57 Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research Volume 4, Number 3 Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Policy Development and ResearchThe fair HousingAmendments Act of 1988: The First DecadeMichael H. SchillNew York UniversitySamantha FriedmanNew York UniversityThirty years ago, Congress enacted the landmark fair Housing Act of 1968, which out-lawed for the First time private as well as public discrimination in Housing . Twenty yearslater, Congress passed the fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, a law that significantlyexpanded the scope of the original legislation and strengthened its enforcement mecha-nisms. Like most important pieces of Federal legislation, the fair Housing Act and the1988 Amendments Act embody a series of careful compromises crafted by members this article, we examine the First Decade of experience under the 1988 briefly describe the unusual enforcement process created by the Amendments , thatpermits either party to choose which branch of government will adjudicate their contemporaneous legislative history, we also explain why Congress devised suchan enforcement mechanism and how members expected it would operate in practice.

The Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1998 Cityscape 59 agency. For complaints over which it retains jurisdiction, HUD must determine whether reasonable cause exists to believe that the complainant has been discriminated against.

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