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Equal Housing Opportunity
WHAT EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT EQUAL OPPORTUNITY IN HOUSING
We Do Business in Accordance With the Federal Fair Housing Law
It is Illegal to Discriminate Against Any Person Because of Race, Color,
Religion, Sex, Handicap,
Familiar Status, or National Origin
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In the sale or rental of housing or
residential lots
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In advertising the sale or rental of
housing
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In the financing of housing
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In the provision of real estate
brokerage services
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In the appraisal of housing
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Blockbusting is also illegal
THE RESPONSIBILITIES
The home seller, the home seeker, and the real estate professional all have
rights and
responsibilities under the law.
For the Home Seller
As a home seller or landlord you have a responsibility and a requirement under
the law not to
discriminate in the sale, rental and financing of property on the basis of race,
color, religion,
sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin. You cannot instruct the
licensed broker or
salesperson acting as your agent to convey for you any limitations in the sale
or rental
because the real estate professional is also bound by law not to discriminate.
Under the law,
a home seller or landlord cannot establish discriminatory terms or conditions in
the purchase
or rental; deny that housing is available, or advertise that the property is
available only to
persons of a certain race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or
national origin.
For the Home Seeker
You have the right to expect that housing will be available to you without
discrimination or
other limitations based on race, color, religion, sex handicap, familial status,
or national origin.
This includes the right to expect:
* Housing in your price range made available to you without discrimination;
* Equal professional service;
* The opportunity to consider a broad range of housing choices;
* No discriminatory limitations on communities or locations of housing;
* No discrimination in the financing, appraising, or insuring of housing;
* Reasonable accommodations in rules, practices and procedures for persons with
disabilities;
* Non-discriminatory terms and conditions for the sale, rental, financing, or
insuring
of a
dwelling; and
* To be free from harassment or intimidation for exercising your fair housing
rights.
For the Real Estate Professional
Agents in a real estate transaction are prohibited by law from discriminating on
the basis of
race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin. A
request from the home
seller or landlord to act in a discriminatory manner in the sale, lease or
rental cannot legally be
fulfilled by the real estate professional.
IF YOU SUSPECT DISCRIMINATION
Call the Local Board of REALTORS®
Local Boards of REALTORS® will accept complaints alleging violations of the Code
of
Ethics filed by a home seeker who alleges discriminatory treatment in the
availability,
purchase or rental of housing. Local Board of REALTORS® have a responsibility to
enforce
the Code of Ethics through professional standards procedures and corrective
action in cases
where a violation of the Code of Ethics is proven to have occurred.
Call the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Complaints alleging discrimination in housing may be filed with the nearest
office of the United
States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), or by calling HUD's
toll free
numbers, 1-800-699-9777 (voice), or 1-800-543-8294 (TDD).
U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development
451 7th Street S.W., Washington, DC 20410
Telephone: (202) 708-1112 TTY: (202) 708-1455
Contact HUD on the internet at
http://www.hud.gov/buying.
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