"Yes. It is a violation of the fair housing laws to deny a
qualified real estate agent access to or membership in any membership listing
service, real estate brokers'organization or other service, organization, orfacility
relating to the business of selling or renting housing, because he or she is a member of
one of the protected categories, " is the answer.
What's the question? Find out by reading the Real Estate Commission's newest
publication, Questions and
Answers on: Fair Housing. It is available free of charge from the Commission office.
Like the Commission's popular Questions and Answers on: Tenant Security Deposits, the new publication
is designed in easy-to-read pamphlet format. It addresses issues of concern and interest
to real estate licensees as well as consumers.
After explaining the purpose of the fair housing laws, this timely publication poses
questions and gives responses which focus on the laws as they apply to this state.