Newswise — WHATOn April 11, 1968, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Fair Housing Act into law. Prompted by the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (Fair Housing Act) prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental and financing of dwellings based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status and handicap. 2008 marks the Fair Housing Act's 40th anniversary.
WHORobert Schwemm is the Ashland Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky College of Law, where he has taught since 1975. He is considered the nation's top academic researcher on housing discrimination law and an expert on the Fair Housing Act. He has a broad range of knowledge on components and application of the Fair Housing Act. Schwemm's treatise on the topic, "Housing Discrimination: Law and Litigation," has been the dominant work in the field since its original publication in 1990. A frequent featured lecturer and often cited in arguments and major newspapers, Schwemm argued in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in 2002, the only current UK Law faculty member to do so.
MOREProfessor Schwemm is available for comment about the 40th anniversary of the Fair Housing Act. Possible areas of interest for stories may include the sub-prime mortgage crisis and possible violations of the Fair Housing Act by financial institutions, Internet advertising (such as craigslist.com or roommates.com) for roommates or renters that may conflict with the Fair Housing Act, retirement communities' possible discrimination of applicants, and violations of the Fair Housing Act based on race or disability.
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