---
kind: "section"
citation: "12 C.F.R. § 338.1"
title: "12"
number: "338.1"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/12/338.1"
---

# §338.1. Purpose.


The purpose of this subpart is to prohibit FDIC-supervised institutions from engaging in discriminatory advertising with regard to residential real estate-related transactions. This subpart also requires FDIC-supervised institutions to publicly display either the Equal Housing Lender poster set forth in [§ 338.4(b)](/cfr/12/338.4.md?p=b) or the Equal Housing Opportunity poster prescribed by [24 CFR part 110](/cfr/24/part110.md) of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development's regulations. This subpart enforces [section 805](/cfr/12/805.md) of title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, [42 U.S.C. 3601-3619](/usc/42/3601-3619.md) (Fair Housing Act), as amended by the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 12 U.S.C. 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820(b), 2801 et seq.; 15 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 3605, 3608; 12 CFR parts 1002, 1003; 24 CFR part 110.

### Source

Source: 86 FR 8088, Feb. 3, 2021, unless otherwise noted.