- Latest Fair Housing Resources
- Report a Fair Housing Violation
- Opening Doors to Housing Series
- Additional Resources
Seattle King County REALTORS® is proud to join the National Association of REALTORS® and Associations across the nation in sharing Fair Housing resources, education, and training.
Fairhaven Training
Fairhaven is an innovative training platform available to all NAR members at no cost. The training tests your knowledge of Fair Housing and helps members identify, address and prevent discriminatory practices in real estate.
Thank you to all of our members who have taken the Fairhaven training so far and to the 140+ members for participating in our Fairhaven Contest during April!
Education Opportunities
The recordings of Washington REALTORS®’ Fair Housing Series webinars are available.
APRIL 8 • 10:00AM – 11:00 AM
FREE WEBINAR
Annie Fitzsimmons
WR Legal Hotline Lawyer
Keynote Speaker: Bill Dedman, Author & Pulitzer Prize Winner
Inside the Investigation that’s Shaking Up the Real Estate Industry
April 21, 2021 • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Take a guided tour inside Newsday’s Peabody Award-winning investigation Long Island Divided and its documentary film Testing the Divide, which are raising awareness of illegal steering by real estate agents. Pulitzer Prize winner and No. 1 bestselling author Bill Dedman was a lead reporter on Newsday’s three-year investigation. Bill developed the methodology for the investigation, including recruiting, training, and deploying 25 testers with hidden cameras.
The Fair Housing Act outlaws discrimination against home renters and buyers by landlords, sellers, and lenders on account of their race, color, religion, sexual orientation, nationality, disability, or family status.
How to Report a Fair Housing Violation
If you believe you or your client has been a victim of a Fair Housing violation, we encourage you to report the violation to the Washington State Human Rights Commission and to contact the Seattle King County REALTORS® Professional Standards Administrator.
File a complaint with the Washington State Human Rights Commission
Any individual who believes that he or she has been discriminated against based on protected class status may file a charge of discrimination with the WSHRC. Learn more about the process here.
File an Ethics Complaint
If you believe that a REALTOR® has violated one or more Articles of the Code of Ethics, you can file an ethics complaint alleging a violation(s) through the local REALTOR® association where the REALTOR® holds membership. View more information on our website.
“REALTORS® shall not deny equal professional services to any person for reasons of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, sexual orientation, or gender identity. REALTORS® shall not be parties to any plan or agreement to discriminate against a person or persons on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, sexual orientation, or gender identity.
REALTORS®, in their real estate employment practices, shall not discriminate against any person or persons on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, sexual orientation, or gender identity.” – Article 10, REALTOR® Code of Ethics
Other resources:
File a complaint with the Fair Housing Center of Washington File a complaint with HUD
“Opening Doors to Housing” Series
As a charter member of the National Association of REALTORS®, Seattle King County REALTORS® is proud to stand with our national organization as it launches a broader effort to promote awareness and progress on fair housing and equal opportunity for all. We encourage you to view the campaign here.
Seattle King County REALTORS® has launched this additional effort to make housing and opportunity tools available to our members as they serve the diverse communities in our area. Our series on “Opening Doors to Housing” includes relevant resources, articles, best practices, talking points, and stories on advancing housing opportunities and promoting inclusiveness.
We encourage our REALTOR® members to follow and share aspects of our series.
TRAIN: Fairhaven – A Fair Housing Simulation
In November 2020, NAR launched Fairhaven, a new fair housing simulation training for REALTORS® that uses the power of storytelling to help members identify, prevent, and address discriminatory practices in real estate.
WATCH: Bias Override: Overcoming Barriers to Fair Housing
In this video, you will watch an online workshop to help members avoid implicit bias in their daily business interactions.
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