Fair housing and the responsiblity of Las Vegas Real Estate agents
Friday, March 27th, 2009This is just a reminder to all agents and for the general public to understand about fair housing.Â
Please find attached a link to the Government Fair Housing website. Every person who walks into our RE/MAX Experience office or any Real Estate office shall be treated equally and with the utmost respect, but if someone starts asking you for your opinion or information regarding any of the seven following status items, you must immediately explain that “I am governed by the Fair Housing Act and any kind of discrimination is illegal and I cannot answer that question”. End of story. If the question is asked in another way make sure that you repeat that “I am governed by the Fair Housing Act and any kind of discrimination is illegal and I cannot answer that question”. Should someone at this point ask again, please be sure to show them to the nearest door as you could lose your license with a client like this.
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1. Race
2. Color
3. Religion
4. Sex
5. Handicap
6. Familial Status
7. National Origin
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It’s not that agents don’t remember or understand the importance but there are customers out there asking questions about certain things and they just don’t recognize what they are asking.