Check Your Bias and Fair Housing Practices
In this course, you’ll learn about the history of housing discrimination and its lasting impact in order to better understand why fair housing laws are necessary. You’ll review the federal laws that provide protection against housing discrimination and what actions are prohibited and required by these laws in the business of real estate. This will include reviewing the personal characteristics—race, color, religion, national origin, sex, familial status, and disability--that federal law protects from discrimination in housing. Besides these federal protections, there are state and local government fair housing laws that protect additional personal characteristics from discrimination in housing and you’ll find out where to get more fair housing information for your clients.
You’ll also learn some best practices for fair housing marketing and some strategies to avoid steering and making assumptions based on stereotypes. You’ll role play some scenarios to practice interrupting any implicit biases so that consumers are treated with equal concern, respect, and fairness. By allowing consumers to choose which communities/neighborhoods they want to live in, you can do your part to uphold fair housing laws and end housing discrimination.
This course was designed to meet the REALTOR® Fair Housing Training Requirement. Please confirm that your local association, who administers the Fair Housing training, will accept this course.
State Requirements For Colorado
Colorado State Requirement Details for Real Estate Broker Continuing Education
Renewal Date: After initial license expires (December 31st of the year in which it was issued), license renews on a 3-year cycle beginning on January 1st of year one and expiring on December 31st of year three
Hours Required by the State: 24 hours
- 12 hours of 4-hour Annual Commission Update Course (completed once each year)
- 12 hours of elective courses
Note: An initial broker's license expires at midnight on December 31st of the year in which it was issued. During that initial licensure period, the newly licensed broker will not have to complete any continuing education. After that initial license period, the active licensee will then be on a three-year license cycle and must complete 24 hours of continuing education within that licensing cycle.
Colorado Division of Real Estate
Street Address: 1560 Broadway, Suite 925, Denver, Colorado 80202
Mailing Address: 1560 Broadway, Suite 925, Denver, Colorado 80202
Telephone: (800) 886-7675