Fair Housing Violations

Are you in violation of fair housing laws?

Do you have comments in your public remarks that say things like…

"Walking distance to schools?"

Does Walking distance discriminate against those who cannot walk? 

Is this a violation of the Fair housing?

Read more here.

http://www.mvfairhousing.com/ad_word_list.php#

Walking distance is an example here of a "Be Careful" word.

In today's research I have found over 236 possible violations in some board IDX feeds.

And other articles and comments have come directly from the NAR web site that have references to Walking Distance.  It all seems quite complicated anymore. 

Daily Real Estate News  |  April 9, 2007 Buyers Want It All Within Walking Distance

The next hot market could be homes in walkable neighborhoods designed for the 75 percent of families that don't have any school-age children.

http://www.realtor.org/RMODaily.nsf/pages/News2007040901?OpenDocument

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Here is a google search with huge results of potential violations.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=walking+distance+to+schools

Results 1 - 10 of about 402,000 for walking distance to schools. (0.23 seconds

Remember to think before you publish the comments in your listings when you are broker loading them into your MLS associations and on websites. Do not get into trouble by typing words that may get you into trouble and make it appear that you are descriminating.  There are lots of words you can use to describe things.

Try Close To. Distance to Amenities, Shopping, and Education.

It only takes about 0.23 seconds for you to get caught.

Visit NAR's Fair Housing information

http://www.realtor.org/libweb.nsf/pages/fg705

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