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Knowledge of fair housing laws is critical for REALTORS®. This field guide provides resources, links, case law and more on this important topic. Also included are fair housing REALTOR® resources such as NAR’s new 2011 Fair Housing Poster.
Fair Housing Resources for REALTORS®
Trying Too Hard to Help: Fair Housing and unintentional discrimination, (REALTOR® TV video, 2011).
Fair Housing Focus, (National Association of REALTORS® Community & Political Affairs, Apr. 2011).
REALTOR® Fair Housing Declaration, (National Association of REALTORS®).
What everyone should know about equal opportunity in housing (Item 166-799)
NAR Fair housing video (Item 166-150D)
NAR "At Home With Diversity" course, (National Association of REALTORS®).
NAR Fair housing resources, (National Association of REALTORS®).
Equal housing opportunity Logo, (National Association of REALTORS®).
39 steps toward fair housing, (HUD brochure).
Equal Housing Opportunity poster, (HUD).
HUD Fair Housing brochures in several languages, (HUD).
Fair Housing News
NAREB and HUD partner to fight housing discrimination, (NationalMortgageProfessional.com, Sept. 22, 2011)
Kerry, Nadler propose fair housing bill for LGBTs, (Advocate.com, Sept. 22, 2011)
HUD ramps up grants to fair housing groups, (Inman News, Mar. 2, 2011).
Hate crime murder found to violate fair housing law, (New America Media, Feb. 25, 2011).
NAR bars sexual orientation discrimination, (REALTOR® Magazine online, Nov. 9, 2010).
Housing discrimination against Hispanics growing, (Dayton Daily News, Mar. 15, 2010).
Amend the Fair Housing Act to ban housing discrimination against LGBT people, (TheHill.com, Mar. 11, 2010).
With new homes, town makes amends for its bias, (New York Times, Mar. 10, 2010).
HUD charges New York landlords with discriminating against veteran with disabilities, (HUD, Mar. 4, 2010).
Between a rock and a hard place: landlords, Latinos, anti-illegal immigrant ordinances, and housing discrimination, (Vanderbilt Law Review, Jan. 2009). Q
Court backs CraigsList in discrimination brouhaha, (Wired.com, Mar. 14, 2008).
Fair Housing & REALTORS®
How internet housing advertisements perpetuate discrimination, (National Fair Housing Alliance, Aug. 11, 2009).
Fair housing for real estate professionals FAQs, (King County, WA Office of Civil Rights, Sept. 2008).
Fair housing quiz, (REALTOR® Magazine Online).
Links & Websites
Fair housing Newsletters, (HUD.gov, Fall 2009).
Fair housing laws and presidential executive orders, (U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development, Oct. 15, 2009).
Fair Housing Act Design Manual (HUD, Feb. 25, 2008).
Guide to disability rights laws, (Department of Justice, Sept. 2005).
Fair Housing Enforcement, (U.S. Department of Justice).
eBooks & Other Resources
eBooks.realtor.org
The following ebooks and digital audiobooks are available to NAR members:
Housing segregation in suburban America since 1960, Adobe eReader
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The inclusion of links on this field guide does not imply endorsement by the National Association of REALTORS®. NAR makes no representations about whether the content of any external sites which may be linked in this field guide complies with state or federal laws or regulations or with applicable NAR policies. These links are provided for your convenience only and you rely on them at your own risk.