Fair Housing with Role-Play Activity

Every person who wants to purchase or rent real property hopes that he or she will be treated ethically and fairly during that transaction. Hopefully, the person’s prospective purchase or rental will be based on objective factors such as income and credit, rather than subjective factors such as ethnicity or gender. To protect prospective buyers or renters from illegal discrimination in obtaining housing, both state and federal law require those who work in the real estate business, including related industries such as finance, to make decisions based only on a buyer’s objective fitness to enter into a real estate agreement. Real estate licensees are required to practice within the guidelines of many federal and state fair housing laws. They should never consider violating a person’s rights to buy, sell, rent, or lease real property.