Real Estate Commission and ARELLO host Fair Housing Instructor Workshop

In November, the North Carolina Real Estate Commission, in cooperation with the Association of Real Estate License Law Officials (ARELLO), presented the ARELLO Fair Housing Instructor Workshop at the Jane S. McKimmon Center on campus at N.C. State University. There were 42 attendees. The workshop was open to all Commission-approved prelicensing and continuing education instructors.

ARELLO instructors Joan Montgomery from Louisiana and Tony Duncanson from Washington, DC, conducted the six-hour course. Discussion topics included "Common Myths Leading to Fair Housing Violations," "Fair Housing Complaints and Enforcement," "Risk Reduction: Making Compliance Easy," as well as "Fair Housing Case Findings and Case Studies."

Instruction began with a historical overview of the evolution of fair housing laws and continued with issues such as protected classes, advertising, and money-lending fundamentals. Concluding discussions were on the subjects of controversy over fair housing testers, HUD's enforcement procedures, and suggestions for fair housing compliance and reducing the risks of noncompliance.