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This bill updates Nevada's Fair Housing Law to adopt the "disparate impact standard" for housing discrimination cases, which means housing practices can be found discriminatory even if they were not intentionally designed to discriminate. Under the new provisions, a housing practice can be considered discriminatory if it either demonstrates clear discriminatory intent or if it results in a discriminatory effect on a protected group (based on race, religion, color, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, ancestry, familial status, or sex), even without explicit discriminatory intent. To prove discrimination under the disparate impact standard, a complainant must demonstrate that a housing practice actually or predictably causes a discriminatory effect. If proven, the respondent (the entity accused of discrimination) must then show that the practice is necessary to achieve legitimate, non-discriminatory interests and that these interests cannot be served through a less discriminatory approach. The bill provides a framework for evaluating such claims, allowing for a more comprehensive assessment of potential housing discrimination by focusing on the practical outcomes of housing policies and practices, not just their stated intentions.

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https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/83rd2025/Bill/12737/Overview