42 USC § 3605 — Discrimination in residential real estate-related transactions
Fair Housing Act §3605 — the lender-direct anti-discrimination prohibition. Bars discrimination by any entity whose business includes residential real estate-related transactions — explicitly including the making or purchasing of mortgage loans, financial assistance secured by residential real estate, brokering, and appraising. This is the operative Fair Housing Act provision binding [LENDER] in mortgage origination, secondary-market purchase, and appraisal-related conduct.
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42 U.S.C. §3605(a)
(a) In general It shall be unlawful for any person or other entity whose business includes engaging in residential real estate-related transactions to discriminate against any person in making available such a transaction, or in the terms or conditions of such a transaction, because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin.
42 U.S.C. §3605(b)
(b) “Residential real estate-related transaction” definedAs used in this section, the term “residential real estate-related transaction” means any of the following: (1) The making or purchasing of loans or providing other financial assistance— (A) for purchasing, constructing, improving, repairing, or maintaining a dwelling; or (B) secured by residential real estate. (2) The selling, brokering, or appraising of residential real property.
42 U.S.C. §3605(c)
(c) Appraisal exemption Nothing in this subchapter prohibits a person engaged in the business of furnishing appraisals of real property to take into consideration factors other than race, color, religion, national origin, sex, handicap, or familial status.
42 U.S.C. §3605 note — source credit and editorial notes (not statute text)
(Pub. L. 90–284, title VIII, § 805, Apr. 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 83; Pub. L. 93–383, title VIII, § 808(b)(2), Aug. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 729; Pub. L. 100–430, § 6(c), Sept. 13, 1988, 102 Stat. 1622.)
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