CityRepealedOrdinance
Houston Equal Rights Law
A comprehensive anti-discrimination ordinance covering 15 protected characteristics in employment, housing, and public accommodations. Repealed by voter referendum in November 2015.
Call your repIntroduced 5/28/2014
How This Affects Your Life
This policy would have created protections to ensure you and your family could access jobs, housing, and public places without facing discrimination. It would have provided legal ways to report unfair treatment and seek help when your civil rights were violated.
Timeline
Introduced
May 28, 2014
Latest Action
Repealed by voters
November 3, 2015
Accountability
Who shapes this policy
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