---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 3606"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "3606"
heading: "Discrimination in the provision of brokerage services"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/3606"
units:
  - "Chapter 45 — Fair Housing"
  - "Subchapter I — Generally"
---

# §3606. Discrimination in the provision of brokerage services


After December 31, 1968, it shall be unlawful to deny any [person](/usc/42/3602.md?p=d) access to or membership or participation in any multiple-listing service, real estate brokers’ organization or other service, organization, or facility relating to the business of selling or renting [dwellings](/usc/42/3602.md?p=b), or to discriminate against him in the terms or conditions of such access, membership, or participation, on account of race, color, religion, sex, [handicap](/usc/42/3602.md?p=h), [familial status](/usc/42/3602.md?p=k), or national origin.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 90–284, title VIII, § 806, Apr. 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 84; Pub. L. 93–383, title VIII, § 808(b)(3), Aug. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 729; Pub. L. 100–430, § 6(b)(1), Sept. 13, 1988, 102 Stat. 1622.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1988—Pub. L. 100–430 inserted “handicap, familial status,” after “sex,”.

1974—Pub. L. 93–383 inserted “, sex” after “religion”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 100–430 effective on 180th day beginning after Sept. 13, 1988, see section 13(a) of Pub. L. 100–430, set out as a note under section 3601 of this title.