Field Guide to Fair Housing
(Updated March 2009)
Our multi-cultural society demands vigilant awareness of Fair Housing laws by REALTORS®. Find resources, statistical data, advertising issues and more on this updated Field Guide. Also provided are links to several free fair housing resources including NAR’s latest 2009 Fair Housing Poster. (D. Foligno, Project Specialist)
NAR Fair Housing Resources for REALTORS®
What everyone should know about equal opportunity in housing (NAR brochures in English & Spanish, Items 166-799 & 166-796; NAR members may download for free, Items E166-799 & E166-796).
NAR Fair housing video (Item 166-150D).
IREM and NAAEI develop new fair housing course, (Journal of Property Management, May/June 2008). Q
Fair housing focus, (Apr. 2008).
NAR Fair housing posters, (NAR, Mar. 2009).
Fair housing compliance podcast (Episode 6 - Nancy Haynes of the Fair Housing Center of Western Michigan).
Fair Housing News
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).
Fair Housing & REALTORS®
Fair housing for real estate professionals, (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, (Dept. of Justice, Nov, 2003).
Equal housing opportunity Logo, (National Association of REALTORS®).
Fair Housing Advertising
Fair housing - Advertising guidelines, (Columbus Board of REALTORS®).
CraigsList not liable for biased housing ads, (Find Law.com, Dec. 2006).
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).
Links & Websites
The future of fair housing, (Report of the National Commission on Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, Dec. 2008). [PDF]
Fair housing laws & presidential executive orders, (HUD.gov, Apr. 8, 2008).
Fair housing laws FAQs, (Civil Rights.org).
Fair housing training materials, (Fair Housing Accessibility First).
Fair housing Newsletter, (HUD.gov, Winter 2007).
Guide to disability rights laws, (Department of Justice, Sept. 2005).
Fair Housing Act, (U.S. Department of Justice, Jan. 2000).
Fair housing poster, (HUD) - English.
Fair housing Poster, (HUD) - Spanish.
Other Resources
Field Guides & More
These Field Guides and other resources in the Virtual Library may also be of interest:
Field Guide to Marketing to the Hispanic Community
Field Guide to Diversity for REALTORS®
Field Guide to Diversity for Associations
Field Guide to Complying with the ADA
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