Discrimination in the real estate industry is real and ongoing. As community leaders, real estate professionals have an opportunity to be a part of equitable and inclusive change.

Fair Housing Month signifies a recommitment to advancing equitable opportunities and expanding homeownership. Observed each April to commemorate the landmark 1968 Fair Housing Act in which U.S. law was established that prohibited discrimination in housing.

Show you support equal opportunity in housing by displaying this declaration of following fair housing laws and your commitment to provide professional service with the REALTOR® Fair Housing Declaration.

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REALTOR® Fair Housing Declaration

I agree to:

Provide equal professional service without regard to the race, color, religion, gender (sex), disability (handicap), familial status, national origin, sexual orientation or gender identity 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.

Develop and implement fair housing practices for my firm to carry out the spirit of this declaration.

Reflect. Repair. Renew.