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Equal Housing Opportunity

EQUAL HOUSING
OPPORTUNITY
We Do Business in
Accordance With the Federal Fair Housing Law
(The Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988)
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It is
Illegal to Discriminate Against Any Person Because of Race, Color,
Religion, Sex, Handicap, Familial Status or National Origin.
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- In the sale or rental of housing or residential
lots
- In advertising the sale or rental of housing
- In the financing of housing
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- In the provision of Real Estate brokerage
services
- In the appraisal of housing
- Blockbusting is also illegal
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Every person has a right to fair housing.
The right to live where you choose, to raise a family, to own a home - in
dignity and without fear of discrimination - is a fundamental right guaranteed
to all. It cannot be denied to anyone because of race, color, national origin,
religion, sex, familial status, or handicap.
Our Promise To You:
We, the broker and salespersons of Prudential
First Southern Real Estate, are grateful for your business and thank
you for contacting us. We are true professionals in every sense of the word when
it comes to the purchase, sale or rental of your home.
We are dedicated to helping you and, in
this process, we want you to know we are dedicated to the principle of equal
opportunity in housing and comply with the Fair Housing laws of our nation and
our state.
| Anyone who feels he or she
has been discriminated against may file a complaint of housing
discrimination:
1-800-424-8590 (toll free)
1-800-424-8529 (TDD)
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U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
Washington, D.C. 20410 |
Code for Equal Opportunity in Housing
The NATIONAL 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 of Equal Opportunity, to which each member
is obligated to adhere:
- In the sale, purchase, exchange, rental or lease of real property,
REALTORSā 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.
This 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.
- 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.
- Members shall not engage in any activity which has the purpose of inducing
panic selling.
- Members shall not print, display, or circulate any statement or
advertisement with respect to the sale or rental of a dwelling that
indicates any preference, limitations, or discrimination based on race,
color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin.
- Members who violate the spirit or any provision of this Code for Equal
Opportunity shall be subject to disciplinary action.
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