Field Guide to Fair Housing

(Updated March 2010)

Real Estate professionals must be vigilant in their understanding of Fair Housing Laws. This field guide provides resources, links, case law and more on this important topic. Also included are free fair housing REALTOR® resources including NAR’s 2010 Fair Housing Poster. (D. Foligno, Project Coordinator)

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Fair Housing Resources for REALTORS®  

What everyone should know about equal opportunity in housing, (REALTORS® may download free, E166-799 & E166-796). 

NAR Fair housing video (Item 166-150D)

NAR Fair housing resources, (National Association of REALTORS®).

Fair housing focus, (Apr. 2009).

IREM and NAAEI develop new fair housing course, (Journal of Property Management, May/June 2008). Q

39 steps toward fair housing, (HUD brochure)

Fair housing poster, (HUD). - English

Fair housing Poster, (HUD). - Spanish

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Fair Housing News

Housing discrimination against Hispanics growing, (Dayton Daily News, Mar. 15, 2010).

Amend the Fair Housing Act to ban housing discrimination against LGBT people, (The Hill.com, Mar. 11, 2010).

With new homes, town makes amends for its bias, (New York Times, Mar. 10, 2010).

San Antonio nonprofit receives HUD grant to fight housing discrimination, (MSN Money, Mar. 4, 2010).

HUD charges New York landlords with discriminating against veteran with disabilities, (HUD.gov, 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

Federal court rules on internet housing discrimination case, (Realty Times, Apr. 24, 2008).

Fair housing laws and presidential executive orders, (U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development, Apr. 8, 2008).

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Fair Housing & REALTORS®

REALTOR association expands anti-discrimination policy, (Realty Times, Feb. 9, 2010).

Fair housing for real estate professionals FAQs, (King County, WA Office of Civil Rights, Sept. 2008).

Questions your broker can't answer, (New York Times, June 24, 2007).

Fair housing quiz, (REALTOR® Magazine Online).

Common violations of the Fair Housing Act design and construction requirements, (Fair Housing First.org, 2004).

Fair housing FAQs, (Department of Justice, Nov, 2003).

Equal housing opportunity Logo, (National Association of REALTORS®).

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Fair Housing Advertising

Court backs CraigsList in discrimination brouhaha, (Wired.com, Mar. 14, 2008)

Fair housing act and disparate impact in home owners insurance, (Michigan Law Review, Aug. 2006) Q

Fair housing advertising guidelines: are we overly sensitive?, (Realty Times, Jan. 2004)

Say it fairly in your ads, (REALTOR® Magazine Online, Apr. 2002)

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Links & Websites

Fair housing Newsletters, (HUD.gov, July 6, 2009

The future of fair housing, (Report of the National Commission on Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, Dec. 2008).

Fair housing laws & presidential executive orders, (HUD.gov, Apr. 8, 2008).

Fair Housing Act Design Manual (HUD, Feb. 25, 2008)

Guide to disability rights laws, (Department of Justice, Sept. 2005).

Housing & civil enforcement FAQs, (U.S. Department of Justice).

Fair Housing Act, (U.S. Department of Justice, Jan. 2000).

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