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Equal
Housing Opportunity
Fair
Housing for Everyone
Buying and
selling real estate is one of the most significant events that any
one person will experience in their lifetime. It is for this
reason that the Fair Housing Act and other laws were enacted to
guarantee that no one is discriminated in any real estate
transaction on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, handicap,
familial status, or national origin.
CENTURY 21 Jeff Keller Realty, CENTURY 21 Real Estate LLC and its
parent company, Realogy Corporation fully support the principles
of the Fair Housing Act, which generally prohibits discrimination
in the housing market; and we fully support and promote the
absence of such discrimination.
All parties involved in a real estate transaction, including the
Seller, Buyer, and Real Estate Professional have rights and
responsibilities under the law.
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.
The Home Buyer
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
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 Boards 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,
1-800-669-9777 (voice), or 1-800-543-8294 (TDD).
Read more about the Fair Housing Act by visiting HUD's website at http://www.hud.gov/offices/fheo/index.cfm.
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Christine Keller and