12 CFR § 338.1 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t12/s338.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "12 CFR § 338.1 - Purpose."
title_number: 12
title_name: "Banks and Banking"
section_number: "338.1"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS AND STATEMENTS OF GENERAL POLICY"
part_number: "338"
part_name: "FAIR HOUSING"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "12 U.S.C. 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820(b), 2801  15 U.S.C. 1691  42 U.S.C. 3605, 3608; 12 CFR parts 1002, 1003; 24 CFR part 110."
regulatory_source: "86 FR 8088, Feb. 3, 2021, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "338"
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# 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) or the Equal Housing Opportunity poster prescribed by 24 CFR part 110 of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development's regulations. This subpart enforces section 805 of title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, 42 U.S.C. 3601-3619 (Fair Housing Act), as amended by the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988.