Alabama Fair Housing Law
Alabama · Housing · §§ 24-8-1 to 24-8-9 · 15 sections
Overview
This act prohibits discrimination in housing and in residential real estate-related transactions, reaching conduct by lenders, insurers, and appraisers as well as in the sale and rental of dwellings, and it voids restrictive covenants that would impose such discrimination. It also sets out related duties and protections — reasonable accommodations arrived at through an interactive process, the use of assistance animals in a dwelling, and protection against interference with the exercise of these rights — while exempting certain housing from coverage, including qualifying housing for older persons. Enforcement runs first through an administrative track of complaint, investigation, a reasonable cause determination, conciliation, and issuance of a charge, and from there into court through civil actions brought by the attorney general or by private parties, with the administering board also empowered to act against real estate licenses and with local governments retaining defined authority of their own.
Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.
In the courts
Sections of this act have been cited in 2 court decisions.
Most-cited authority: 269 FSUPP3D 1219 - Belcher v. Grand Reserve MGM, LLC
Sections covered
- Ala. Code § 24-8-1Short Title.1 cite
- Ala. Code § 24-8-10Powers of Office.
- Ala. Code § 24-8-11Procedures for Investigation; Subpoenas.
- Ala. Code § 24-8-12Filing of Complaint; Investigation and Notice; Resolution by Informal Methods; Filing of Answer; Local Fair Housing Law; Conciliation Agreement; Completion of Investigation; Final Administrative Disposition; Burden of Proof; Termination of Efforts to Obtain Voluntary Compliance.
- Ala. Code § 24-8-13Recommendation for Hearing by Investigator; Order for Hearing; Parties’ Right to Take Civil Action; Amendment of Complaint; Subpoenas; Refusal to Allow Discovery; Hearing; Panel Opinion and Order; Review.
- Ala. Code § 24-8-14Civil Action; Sale, Encumbrance, Etc. Consummated Before Issuance of Order; Relief and Award.
- Ala. Code § 24-8-15Similar Complaint Filed with Another Agency with Authority to Investigate Violation of Chapter.
- Ala. Code § 24-8-2Policy of State.
- Ala. Code § 24-8-3Definitions.
- Ala. Code § 24-8-4Unlawful Discriminatory Housing Practices.1 cite
- Ala. Code § 24-8-5Discrimination in Services, Organizations, or Facilities Relating to Business of Selling or Renting Dwellings.
- Ala. Code § 24-8-6Discrimination in Residential Real Estate Related Transactions.
- Ala. Code § 24-8-7Exemptions.
- Ala. Code § 24-8-8Interference with Person in Exercise of Right Granted Under Chapter.
- Ala. Code § 24-8-9Office to Administer Provisions and May Delegate Functions, Duties, Powers to Employees.
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