AB480

Existing federal law prohibits certain discriminatory practices relating to housing based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin. (42 U.S.C. §§ 3601 et seq.) Under certain circumstances, existing federal regulations provide that housing discrimination may be established based on the discriminatory effect of a practice, even if the practice was not motivated by a discriminatory intent. (24 C.F.R. § 100.500) This is commonly known as the “disparate impact standard.” The Nevada Fair Housing Law: (1) prohibits discrimination in housing on the basis of race, religious creed, color, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, ancestry, familial status or sex; and (2) provides a process and remedies to enforce the Nevada Fair Housing Law if a person engages in such discrimination, including the authority to file a complaint with the Nevada Equal Rights Commission and to commence an action in any district court to obtain an injunction and civil damages. (NRS 118.010-118.120) This bill adopts the disparate impact standard for purposes of the Nevada Fair Housing Law. Section 1 of this bill provides that liability may be established for a discriminatory housing practice if: (1) the practice was motivated by a discriminatory intent; or (2) with certain exceptions, the practice was not motivated by a discriminatory intent but the practice actually or predictably results in a discriminatory effect on a

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