Equal Housing Opportunity

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Federal Fair Housing Law

 

We Do Business in Accordance With the Federal Fair Housing Law
(The Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988)

It is Illegal to Discriminate Against Any Person Because of Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Handicap, Familial Status, or National Origin

  • In the sale or rental of housing or residential lots
  • In advertising the sale or rental of housing
  • In the financing of housing
  • In the provision of real estate brokerage services
  • In the appraisal of housing
  • Blockbusting is also illegal
Anyone who feels he or she has been discriminated against may file a complaint of housing discrimination with the: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
Washington, D.C. 20410

National Association of Realtors

Code for Equal Opportunity

Spokane Association of REALTORS

subscribes to the policy that equal opportunity in the acquisition of housing can best be accomplished through leadership, example, education, and the mutual cooperation of the real estate industry and the public. In the spirit of this endeavor, this board proclaims the following provisions of its Code for Equal Opportunity to which each member is obligated to adhere"

  1. In the sale, purchase, exchange, rental, or lease of real property, REALTORS and their REALTOR - ASSOCIATES have the responsibility to offer equal service to all clients and prospects without regard to race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin. The encompasses:
    A. Standing ready to enter broker - client relationships or to show property equally to members of all racial, religious, or ethnic groups.
    B. Receiving all formal written offers and communicating them to the owner.
    C. Exerting their best efforts to conclude all transactions.
    D. Maintaining equal opportunity employment practices.
  2. Members, individually and collectively, in performing their agency functions have no right or responsibility to volunteer information regarding the racial, religious, or ethnic composition of any neighborhood or any part thereof.
  3. Members shall not engage in any activity which has the purpose of inducing panic selling.
  4. Members shall not print, display, or circulate any statement or advertising with respect to the sale or rental of a dwelling that indicated any preference, limitations, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin.
  5. Members who violate the spirit or any provision of this Code for Equal Opportunity shall be subject to disciplinary action.

Those who feel they have been discriminated against may contact the management of this office of the Board of Realtors.

Adopted by the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS May, 1972

all occurences of the term "REALTOR" and "REALTOR - ASSOCIATES" in this document are registered trademarks of the National Association of REALTORS.