[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR107.20]

[Page 680]
 
                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
    CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, 
               DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 107_NONDISCRIMINATION AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY IN HOUSING UNDER 
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11063--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 107.20  Prohibition against discriminatory practices.

    (a) No person receiving assistance from or participating in any 
program or activity of the Department involving housing and related 
facilities shall engage in a discriminatory practice.
    (b) Where such person has been found by the Department or any other 
Federal Department, agency, or court to have previously discriminated 
against persons on the ground of race, color, religion (creed), sex or 
national origin, he or she must take affirmative action to overcome the 
effects of prior discrimination.
    (c) Nothing in this part precludes such person from taking 
affirmative action to prevent discrimination in housing or related 
facilities where the purpose of such action is to overcome prior 
discriminatory practice or usage or to overcome the effects of 
conditions which resulted in limiting participation by persons of a 
particular race, color, religion (creed), sex or national origin.

[45 FR 59514, Sept. 9, 1980, as amended at 50 FR 31360, Aug. 2, 1985]