This free 17-minute video highlights fair housing scenarios and provides risk management tips for real estate professionals to meet their obligations under the Fair Housing Act. Member price: Free
Fair Housing from Real Estate Brokerage Essentials
This excerpt on Fair Housing, from Real Estate Brokerage Essentials, includes a summary of federal law, guidance for advertising, an Equal Services Checklist, and more.
Fair Housing Compiled References
A gathering of videos, articles, publications and other resources compiled by NAR Library & Archives.
Two Ways You Can Commit a Fair Housing Violation Without Even Knowing It
While the Fair Housing Act’s purpose—barring discrimination in the sale, rental, or financing of residential property—may be easy to understand, navigating the many intricacies of the landmark statute can be tricky even for experienced real estate professionals, said experts on the 1968 law who spoke during a recent event in Fairfax, Va.
4 Things You Didn’t Know About the Fair Housing Act
Usually I try to point Book Scan readers to the written word, but occasionally I find a piece of audio worth recommending. Last time I pointed you toward a wonderful novel about a real estate agent, but this time I’m suggesting a podcast.
What’s a Social-Purpose REIT?
Just like the first volume, The City We Need Is Affordable, Vol. 2 looks at some of real estate’s more innovative responses to the challenge of affordable housing all around the world.
Wake Up Call for the Development Industry
When I’m working on stories for REALTOR® Magazine, it’s not uncommon for my interview subjects to offer supplemental reading that might help round out my reporting. But rarely am I told that a book could change my thinking entirely on a given subject.
No Sunset on Housing History
Edina, Minn. is one of the few suburbs I could see myself living in. It has decent public transportation, boutique storefronts, independent restaurants—and for an extra dose of kitsch—the first indoor shopping mall in America. It’s one of those old-growth ‘burbs, where the houses have character and the streets have sidewalks.
Uncovering the Government’s Role in the History of U.S. Segregation
I live in Chicago, a city that consistently ranks among the most segregated in the nation. This fact is starkly evident to anyone who makes their lives here – a city where black and white citizens live separately, learn separately, and move through the city separately.