hen advertising your Under the Fair Housing Laws, it
home for sale by owner, is illegal to, based on someone’s
you will undoubtedly come color, creed, nationality, sexual
into contact with a variety of orientation, handicap, etc…
people. refuse to sell or to rent
housing; refuse to negotiate for
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bottom of this page). conditions or privileges for sale
or rental of a dwelling; provide
You may come into contact with differing housing services; claim
people of different ethnic groups falsely that housing is not
or nationalities, people of available for rent, sale, or
different race, or even people inspection; persuade owners to
with disabilities or handicaps. sell or rent (this is known as
Situations can arise where “blockbusting”); or deny access
discrimination against different to membership in a service and /
types of people can be a or membership related to the sale
violation of law, particularly or rental of housing. All of the
regarding housing. above, if violated, will result
in prosecution and criminal
Most types of housing are covered charges being brought against the
under these laws with the violator. The same, or similar
exception of those dwellings that criteria exist for mortgage
operate under shelter laws, for lending for the purchase of a
example exclusively for battered home.
women or for the hearing
impaired. There exist clauses in the laws
that state it is illegal to
threaten or coerce, to intimidate home with dignity and respect.
or interfere with anyone
exercising a fair housing right. It helps to think of everyone as
being a member of the human race
Also, you may not advertise or in instead of seeing them as being
any other way make any statement undesirable if they do not look
that indicates a limitation or like you.
preference based on race, color,
national origin, religion, With the legislation that exists,
handicap, etc… This prohibition it is best to conduct the sale of
against discriminatory your home in a business-like
advertising applies to manner and treat the transaction
single-family as well as with all seriousness and gravity
owner-occupied homes that are without allowing personal
otherwise exempt from the Fair preferences to interfere, as this
Housing Act. is counter-productive to the
ultimate goal: the sale of your
Housing discrimination is not home.
always characterized by the
slamming of the door in someone’s Your newspaper as well as other
face or a bigoted remark being advertisements should be directed
hurled at a potential homebuyer. to the general public with the
only descriptive language used
However, it can be just as ugly being the language that describes
and just as hurtful to the your house alone. You must
would-be buyer. Even without this describe the demographic of your
as deterrence from the act, it is neighborhood and especially do
against the law. As a seller, it not describe what “type” of
is important to treat each and person you would like to become
every person interested in your interested in your house.
complex ones dealing with
If these guidelines are followed, offensive and discriminatory
there should be only the practice.
technical difficulties of closing
the transaction rather than the
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