42 U.S.C. § 3606
Section 3606 · Discrimination in the provision of brokerage services
This is § 806 of the Fair Housing Act (Title VIII, Civil Rights Act of 1968)
Amended 3 times on record
Applied in 19 court decisions — leading case Bostock v. Clayton County (2020)
Most recently applied in Bostock v. Clayton County (June 2020)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
After December 31, 1968, it shall be unlawful to deny any person access to or membership or participation in any multiple-listing service, real estate brokers’ organization or other service, organization, or facility relating to the business of selling or renting dwellings, or to discriminate against him in the terms or conditions of such access, membership, or participation, on account of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Amendments
1988—Pub. L. 100–430 inserted “handicap, familial status,” after “sex,”.
1974—Pub. L. 93–383 inserted “, sex” after “religion”.
Effective Date of 1988 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 100–430 effective on 180th day beginning after Sept. 13, 1988, see section 13(a) of Pub. L. 100–430, set out as a note under section 3601 of this title.