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Q: To avoid fair housing problems, always handle maintenance requests on a first-come, first-served basis. True or false?

Compliance efforts shouldn’t stop at the federal—or even state—level.

Which of the following new leasing agent(s) need(s) fair housing training before she begins performing her leasing agent duties ....

On June 18, Fair Housing Coach received the Gold Award for Best Real Estate Newsletter from the National Association of Real Estate Editors (NAREE). This prestigious competition recognizes excellence in reporting, writing, and editing stories about residential and commercial real estate. 

Q: Requiring children at your rental property to use a separate kiddie pool and stay out of the main pool is okay if:

The repeal of the rule doesn't eliminate landlords' fair housing responsibilities. Core fair housing laws remain fully in effect. 

Every January, the Coach offers a Scorecard briefing that breaks down the previous year’s key federal fair housing cases and their impact on you. Our Scorecard counts only reported federal court cases in which a landlord was sued for allegedly violating the Fair Housing Ac...

How Should You Respond to Tenant-on-Tenant Harassment?

Q: A tenant on the third floor tells you that one of your white tenants (Ms. W) has been steadily barraging her Black neighbor (Ms. B) with racial slurs over the course of several years. Although you’ve always suspected that Ms. W was a bit of a racist, you’re utterly shocked that Ms. B has never once complained—and neither have any of y...

HUD recently announced that the owner, management company, and a former property manager of an Atlanta community have agreed to pay $10,000 to settle allegations that they violated the Fair Housing Act by refusing to allow a resident with disabilities to transfer to a ground-floor unit.

In our November 2012 lesson, “Be Prepared for Fair Housing Testers,” the Coach reviews recent developments that point to a renewed emphasis on traditional fair housing testing. With the influx of millions in HUD funding earlier this year, state and local enforcement agencies and private fair housing organizations are gearing up to recruit, train, and deploy fair housing testers. Now more than ever, it’s important to ensure your community compl...