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meridian apartments provides a gym and pool area for residents, but it's not accessible to residents who use wheelchairs
Americans with disabilities act address
Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988
Disability and familial status
single-family housing sold or rented without the use of a broker
Exemption from Fair Housing Act
agency enforces fair housing law
FHEO
eliminate discrimination caused by blockbusting, steering, and redlining
Fair Housing Act of 1968
the state law may not remove rights granted to citizens under the federal law
Fair Housing and Human rights
a fair housing specialist will review the complaint
after complaint is made
a RE agent approaches a homeowner as soon as demographic shift starts to occur in her neighborhood and convinces he that she needs to sell now, or she'll never be able to sell
blockbusting
disparate impact or disparate treatment
both illegal
right to every US citizen to buy, sell, convey, inherit, and possess property
civil rights act of 1866
discrimination due to a person being lighter skinned or darker skinned
color
policy impacts a protected class more than it negatively impacts others
disparate impact
Eliminate Housing Division
eliminate housing discrimination
regulation B related to the equal credit opportunity act
enforcement
the owner occupies a building with not more than 4 families
exempt
a club owns a property rented only to members
exempt from provisions
owner occupied with no more than 4 units
exempt from the Act
refusing to provide literature about loans to consumers with poor english language skills
fair housing discrimination
a housing development for senior citizens
fair housing discrimination prohibition
person with disabilities shouldn't be prevented from making reasonable accommodations and may also request accessibility accommodations
fair housing laws and person with disabilities
Entity should a licensee who's threatened with violence after refusing to violate report the threat
law enforcement officials
a homeowner makes a room available for rent in her residence, but only interviews female applicants
legal
recommended strategy foe a RE professional who wants to avoid being asked to violate fair housing
let consumers know upfront that you adhere
which recommend to avoid being asked to violate fair housing laws
let consumers know upfront that you adhere to fair housing laws
providing financing for diverse housing communities
not a focus of Division
group of people who share common characteristics
race
Discriminatory lending practice whereby lenders limit the scope of their loans to exclude neighborhoods with certain ethnic or economic characteristics
redlining
early in its history, the federal housing Admin officially supported keeping "incompatible" racial groups out of the newly developed white suburbs
redlining
asking where they go to church, and then saying you don't know of any listings that met their needs
religion is discrimination
landlord refuses to rent an apartment to 2 single women who live together, discrimination on the basis of what federally protected class
sex
a transgender women is evicted from a rental property because she makes the neighbors uncomfortable
specialist is reviewing complaints
when working with single female clients, Callie is careful to promote properties in neighborhoods she considers safe
steering
