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2018 Georgia Code 8-3-200 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
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TITLE 8 BUILDINGS AND HOUSING

Section 3. Housing Generally, 8-3-1 through 8-3-332.

ARTICLE 4 FAIR HOUSING

8-3-200. State policy; purposes and construction of article.

  1. It is the policy of the State of Georgia to provide, within constitutional limitations, for fair housing throughout the state.
  2. The general purposes of this article are:
    1. To provide for execution in the state of policies embodied in Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as amended by the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988;
    2. To safeguard all individuals from discrimination in any aspect relating to the sale, rental, or financing of dwellings or in the provision of brokerage services or facilities in connection with the sale or rental of a dwelling because of that individual's race, color, religion, sex, disability or handicap, familial status, or national origin;
    3. To promote the elimination of discrimination in any aspect relating to the sale, rental, or financing of dwellings or in the provision of brokerage services or facilities in connection with the sale or rental of a dwelling because of a person's race, color, religion, sex, disability or handicap, familial status, or national origin; and
    4. To promote the protection of each individual's interest in personal dignity and freedom from humiliation and the individual's freedom to take up residence wherever such individual chooses; to secure the state against domestic strife and unrest which would menace its democratic institutions; to preserve the public safety, health, and general welfare; and to further the interests, rights, and privileges of individuals within the state.
  3. This article shall be broadly construed to further the general purposes stated in this Code section and the special purposes of the particular provision involved.

(Code 1981, §8-3-200, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1284, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1840, § 1.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Proof of violation.

- Although there was evidence that a homeowner who listed the homeowner's house with a real estate agency committed discrimination when the homeowner refused to show the house to African-American homebuyers, the evidence did not support the homebuyers' claims that the agency and a broker who worked for the agency participated in that discrimination, and the appellate court reversed the trial court's judgment denying summary judgment in favor of the agency, the broker, and a real estate company that sold a franchise to the agency on the homebuyers' claims alleging violation of Georgia's Fair Housing Act, O.C.G.A. § 8-3-200 et seq., and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Coldwell Banker Real Estate Corp. v. DeGraft-Hanson, 266 Ga. App. 23, 596 S.E.2d 408 (2004).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

ALR.

- Validity, construction, and application of § 804(c) of Civil Rights Act of 1968 (Fair Housing Act) (42 USCS § 3604(c)) prohibiting discriminatory notice, statement, or advertisement with respect to sale or rental of dwelling, 142 A.L.R. Fed 1.

Actions under Fair Housing Act (42 USCS § 3601 et seq.), based on sexual harassment or creation of hostile environment, 144 A.L.R. Fed. 595.

Construction and application of § 804(f) of Fair Housing Act (42 USCA § 3604(f)), prohibiting discrimination in housing because of individual's disability, 148 A.L.R. Fed. 1

What constitutes reverse or majority race or national origin discrimination violative of federal constitution or statutes - nonemployment cases, 152 A.L.R. Fed. 1

Award of attorney's fees to prevailing parties in actions under Fair Housing Act, 42 USCA § 3613(c)(2), 159 A.L.R. Fed. 279.

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