FAIR HOUSING ACT:
The Fair Housing Act, as amended in 1974, 1988, and 1995, declares a national policy of fair housing throughout the United States. The law makes illegal any discrimination in the sale, lease advertising, financing of housing, or making housing otherwise unavailable because of:
- Race
- Religion
- Color
- Sex
- Handicap
- Familial Status
- National Origin
ONE AMERICA PRINCIPLES:
- I welcome you and want to do business with you.
- I will base my decision and opinions of you on who you are, not on any preconceived stereotypes or ingrained value judgments.
- I subscribe to the federal Fair Housing Act and its principles.
- I embrace and celebrate the strength that diversity brings to our communities and our nation.
- I will help you find opportunities to buy the home you choose.
- I will market home ownership to the public and reach out to people who may not know that home ownership is a realistic option.
- I will make sure you know that there is a full range of housing choices available to you, and encourage you to consider all communities and neighborhoods.
- I will make every effort to maintain open two-way communication. If we do not share a common language, I will work with you to find someone who can interpret.
- I have incorporated these principles in my daily operations and my overall business plan. I would be proud to share the plan with you.
- I am here to help you meet your real estate needs because you are the reason I am in business.
- Please let me know about any cultural or special needs that you have so that our business relationship will be comfortable and successful.
FAIR HOUSING DECLARATION:
I agree to:
- Provide equal professional service without regard to the race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin of any prospective client, customer, or of the residents of any community.
- Keep informed about fair housing law and practices, improving my clients' and customers' opportunities and my business.
- Develop advertising that indicates that everyone is welcome and no one is excluded; expanding my client's and customer's opportunities to see, buy, or lease property.
- Inform my clients and customers about their rights and responsibilities under the fair housing laws by providing brochures and other information.
- Document my efforts to provide professional service, which will assist me in becoming a more responsive and successful REALTOR®.
- Refuse to tolerate non-compliance.
- Learn about those who are different from me, and celebrate those differences.
- Take a positive approach to fair housing practices, and aspire to follow the spirit as well as the letter of the law.
