Fair
Housing For All
Illinois REALTORS® fully
support and advocate the practice of equal
opportunity in housing and uphold the spirit as well
as the letter of the law through programs,
activities and training designed to promote and
further the right to fair housing.
Illinois REALTORS® affirm the
endorsement of and are committed to the Fair Housing
Partnership Resolution of the U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development and the National
Association of REALTORS®, believing it to be a
constructive, voluntary means of promoting equal
opportunity through freedom of choice.
Illinois REALTORS® pledge
continued support of and cooperation with the
Illinois Department of Human Rights in our mutual
efforts to assure equal opportunity in housing for
all.
Protected classes
- There are seven protected classes under the
Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988: race,
color, national origin, religion, sex,
disability, familial status
- Title III of the Americans with Disabilities
Act prohibits discrimination against persons
with disabilities in places of public
accommodations and commercial facilities.
- The Equal Credit Opportunity Act makes
discrimination unlawful with respect to any
aspect of a credit application on the basis of
race, color, religion, national origin, sex,
marital status, age or because all or part of
the applicant's income derives from any public
assistance program.
- State laws and local ordinances also protect
certain classes. In Illinois, sexual orientation
was added to the state list of protected classes
in January 2005.
Illinois Human Rights Statute.
Article
10 of the
REALTORS® Code of Ethics
provides that: “REALTORS® shall not deny equal
professional services to any person for reasons of
race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial
status, or national origin. REALTORS® shall not be a
party to any plan or agreement to discriminate
against a person or persons on the basis of race,
color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or
national origin. 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 or national
origin.”
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I agree to:
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Provide equal professional service without
regard to the race, color, religion, sex,
handicap, familial status, or national origin of
any prospective client, customer, or of the
residents of any community.
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Keep informed about fair housing law and
practices, improving my clients' and customers'
opportunities and my business.
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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.
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Inform my clients and customers about their
rights and responsibilities under the fair
housing laws by providing brochures and other
information.
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Document my efforts to provide professional
service, which will assist me in becoming a more
responsive and successful REALTOR®.
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Refuse to tolerate non-compliance.
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Learn about those who are different from me,
and celebrate those differences.
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Take a positive approach to fair housing
practices and aspire to follow the spirit as
well as the letter of the law.
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Develop and implement fair housing practices
for my firm to carry out the spirit of this
declaration.
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