[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 24, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 24CFR110.5]



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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

 

    CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, 

               DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

 

PART 110_FAIR HOUSING POSTER--Table of Contents

 

                    Subpart A_Purpose and Definitions

 

Sec.  110.5  Definitions.



    (a) The terms Department and Secretary are defined in 24 CFR part 5.

    (b) Discriminatory housing practice means an act that is unlawful 

under section 804, 805, 806, or 818 of the Act.

    (c) Dwelling means any building, structure, or portion thereof which 

is occupied as, or designed or intended for occupancy as, a residence by 

one or more families, and any vacant land which is offered for sale or 

lease for the construction or location thereon of any such building, 

structure, or portion thereof.

    (d) Family includes a single individual.

    (e) Person includes one or more individuals, corporations, 

partnerships, associations, labor organizations, legal representatives, 

mutual companies, joint-stock companies, trusts, unincorporated 

organizations, trustees, trustees in cases under title 11 U.S.C., 

receivers and fiduciaries.

    (f) Fair housing poster means the poster prescribed by the Secretary 

for display by persons subject to sections 804-806 of the Act.

    (g) The Act means the Fair Housing Act (The Civil Rights Act of 

1968, as amended by the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988), 42 U.S.C. 

3600, et seq.

    (h) Person in the business of selling or renting dwellings means a 

person as defined in section 803(c) of the Act.



[37 FR 3429, Feb. 16, 1972, as amended at 54 FR 3311, Jan. 23, 1989; 61 

FR 5205, Feb. 9, 1996]