Title VI prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, and national origin in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance. The Fair Housing Act is the federal law that forbids discrimination in housing based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, and family status.A. Owners of HUD-subsidized multifamily properties are subject to several important federal civil rights laws affecting both admission and occupancy. These. The federal Fair Housing Act is also known as Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968. Title IX prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in education programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance. Colorado Fair Housing Law. A combination of economics and racial discrimination has over many years forced Negroes into unequal and inadequate housing and living conditions. The Fair Housing Amendments Act that became effective in 1989 amended Title VIII to prohibit discrimination based on disability or familial status (e.g. 62 Title VII of the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42. Titles VIII and IX are commonly known as the Fair Housing Act, which was meant as a follow-up to the Civil Rights Act of 1964.