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Fair Housing Law: State Fair Housing Laws

Selected resources on fair housing law

State Fair Housing Law

The Illinois Human Rights Act, passed in 1979, contains provisions prohibiting discrimination in "real estate transactions." The law is codified in 775 ILCS 5/3-101 et seq.

  • West's Smith-Hurd Illinois Compiled Statutes Annotated (St. Paul, Minn: West Pub. Co, 1992). KFI1230 .A473 9th Fl. 
  • The annotated law can also be found on Westlaw 
  • The Statute can also be retrieved from Lexis
  • The Statute can also be retrieved from the Illinois General Assembly website.
  • Decisions of the Illinois Human Rights Commission are available at the commission website, Westlaw, and Lexis.