Fair Housing

Long Island Board of REALTORS® is committed to fair housing for everyone. By ensuring that everyone can choose where they want to live, those of us who call Long Island home have an opportunity to build stronger communities, support more stable neighborhoods and create a more attractive environment for businesses to relocate and grow.

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Local and State Fair Housing Organizations

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Fair Housing Resources

ADA.gov

Disability rights are civil rights. From voting to parking, the ADA is a law that protects people with disabilities in many areas of public life.

United States Department of Justice Guidance on Web Accessibility and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

FairhousingJustice.org

The mission of the FAIR HOUSING JUSTICE CENTER (FHJC), is to eliminate housing discrimination; promote polices that foster open, accessible, and inclusive communities; and strengthen enforcement of fair housing laws.

FHJC Protected Characteristics Chart 2021 - View the PDF

HUD.gov

US Department of Housing and Urban Development Guidance on assessing a person’s request to have an animal as a reasonable accommodation under the Fair Housing Act.

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US Department of Housing and Urban Development Guidance on Assessing a Person’s Request to Have an Animal as a Reasonable Accommodation Under the Fair Housing Act - View the PDF

Miscellaneous

Additional Fair Housing Resources that LIBOR wants to make sure our users have access to.

Harvard Implicit Bias Test
Fair Housing Justice Center - Outreach & Education
Erase Racism - Unraveling Racism Training
Fair Housing Educational Materials – View NFHA Brochures
Fair Housing for Sellers – View the PDF
Fair Housing for Rentals – View the PDF
Source of Income Protection

NY.gov

New York State has resources for New Yorkers in need. We have programs to help veterans purchase their first home or to help you with housing or home energy assistance.

New York State Division of Human Rights
Journey of Fair Housing
DHR Fair Housing Guide - View the PDF
DHR Guidance on Protections from Source of Income Discrimination in Housing Under the New York Human Rights Law - View the PDF
DHR Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons Fair Housing Guide - View the PDF
DOS Fair Housing Page
DOS New York State Housing and Anti-Discrimination Disclosure Form - View the PDF
DOS Fair Housing Notice - View the PDF *Required To Be Posted*

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Fair Housing Videos

NAR’s Fair Housing Action Plan

4 mins

Find out how NAR is addressing common scenarios that can open up real estate professionals to potential discrimination issues with its ACT! Initiative.

NAR’s Role – Past, Present and Future – in Fair Housing

8 mins

A candid discussion with 2021 NAR President Charlie Oppler and NAR Director of Fair Housing Policy Bryan Greene.

The Reaffirmation of Fair Housing Principles

4 mins

NAR Director of Fair Housing Policy Bryan Greene reaffirms our fair housing principles and shares why those principles matter in this current climate of examining racial inequality and the pandemic.

Fair Housing Presentation Live

23 mins

50th Anniversary of the Fair Housing Act presentation from NAR360 at the REALTORS® Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo, May 2018.

Fair Housing Books

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The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

Exploding the myth of de facto segregation arising from private prejudice or the unintended consequences of economic forces, Rothstein describes how the American government systematically imposed residential segregation.

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Sundown Towns - A Hidden Dimension of American Racism

In a provocative, sweeping analysis of American residential patterns, Loewen uncovers the thousands of “sundown towns”—almost exclusively white towns where it was an unspoken rule that blacks could not live there.

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Wilmington's Lie The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy

From Pulitzer Prize-winner David Zucchino comes a searing account of the Wilmington riot and coup of 1898, an extraordinary event unknown to most Americans. There were successful black-owned businesses and an African American newspaper, The Record.

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The New Jim Crow

Seldom does a book have the impact of Michelle Alexanders The New Jim Crow. Since it was first published in 2010, it has been cited in judicial decisions and has been adopted in campus-wide and community-wide reads;

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