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 VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, along with the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, is called the federal "Fair Housing Act.The Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination based upon national origin. The Fair Housing Act of 1968. Title VIII only applies to discrimination in the sale or rental of dwellings. Housing discrimination is illegal in nearly all housing, including private housing, public housing, and housing that receives federal funding. Just six days after King died, Congress passed Title VIII of the 1968 Civil Rights Act, commonly known as the Fair Housing Act. 2 Id. §§ 3604–3606. In 1968, Congress enacted Title VIII of the Civil. Rights Act, commonly known as the FHA, "to provide, within constitutional limitations, for fair housing.