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The Definition of Disability Under the Fair Housing Act

The act defines disability as an individual who has a mental or physical impairment that impacts one or more major life activities. Qualifying mental and physical impairments under the Fair Housing Act include blindness, hearing impairment, mobility impairment, HIV infection, alcoholism, drug addiction, chronic fatigue, learning disability, head injury, and mental illness 42 U.S.C § 3602(H)(1-3) (2018).

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Updated 2022-01-24

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