The Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination based upon national origin. The protections afforded against discrimination on the basis of familial status shall apply to any person who is pregnant or is in the process of securing legal.Title VII prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin. The Fair Housing Act. Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as amended in 1988, is known as the Fair Housing Act. The. The applicable provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title VIII of the Civil. §§ 1401-36 (1964). The Act was passed to state a national housing objective and to provide means of achieving that objective. §1901.203 Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin.