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Seven Rules For Safety to Share With Your
Children
- Before I go anywhere, I always check first with my parents
or the person in charge. I tell them where I am going,
how I will get there, and who will be going with me, and when
I'll be back.
- I check first for permission from my parents before getting
into a car or leaving with anyone, even someone I know.
I check first before changing plans or accepting money, gifts
or other items without my parent's knowledge.
- It is safer for me to be with other people when going places
or playing outside.
- I say NO if someone tires to touch me in ways that make me
feel frightened, uncomfortable or confused. Then I
immediately tell what happened to my parents, my teacher or
another grown-up I trust.
- I know my home telephone number, address and parents' work
numbers. In case of emergency, I should try to contact
my parents as soon as possible.
- I trust my feelings and talk to grown-ups about problems
that are too big for me to handle on my own. If someone
makes me feel scared or uncomfortable, I know my parents,
teacher or other trusted adult will listen and help me.
- I am strong, smart and have the right to be safe.
Adopted from
Knowing My Eight Rules For Safety. Copyright ©1991, 1999 National Center for
Missing & Exploited Children® |
What Everyone Should Know About Equal
Opportunity in Housing
The sale and purchase of a
home is one of the most significant events that any person will
experience in his lifetime. It is more than the simple
purchase of housing, for it includes the hopes, dreams,
aspirations and economic destiny of those involved in it.
The Law
Equal Opportunity In
Housing is the law of the land and the right of all in this
country without regard to race, color, religion, sex, handicap,
familial status, or national origin.
Civil Rights Act of 1866
The Civil Rights Act of
1866 provides that "All citizens of the United States shall
have the same right, in every State and Territory, as is enjoyed
by white citizens thereof to inherit, purchase, lease, sell,
hold and convey real and personal property."
Civil Rights Act of 1968
In Title VIII of the 1968
Civil Rights Act known as the Federal Fair Housing Law Congress
declared a national policy of fair housing throughout the United
States.
The law made illegal any
discrimination in the sale, leave or rental of real property
based on race, color, religion , ex or national origin.
The law required that all people be treated equally with respect
to the terms or conditions of sale, purchase, lease or rental
and with no denial of equal housing opportunity based on race,
color, religion , sex or national origin.
The Fair Housing
Amendments Act of 1988
The Far Housing Amendments
Act of 1988 was enacted September 13, 1988 (and became effective
March 12, 1989) to strengthen the administrative enforcement
provision of Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, to add
prohibitions against discrimination in housing on the basis of
handicap (mental and physical) and familial status (families
with children under age 18), and to provide stiffer penalties
for violations relating to discriminatory housing practices.
The Fair Housing Act as
amended provides any compliant, aggrieved person, or respondent
with an opportunity to elect not to proceed before an
administrative law judge (ALJ), but to move the case to an
appropriate federal district county.
The Responsibilities
The home seller, the home
seeker and the real estate professional all have rights and
responsibilities under the law.
For The Home Seller
You should know that as a
home seller or landlord you have a responsibility and a
requirement under the law not to discriminate in the sale,
rental and financing of property on the basis of race, color,
religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national
origin. You cannot instruct the licensed broker or sales
person acting as your agent to convey for you any limitations in
the sale or rental, because the real estate professional is also
bound by law not to discriminate on the basis of race, color,
religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin.
Under the law, a home
seller or landlord cannot establish discriminatory terms or
conditions in the purchase or rental; deny that housing is
available for inspection, sale or rent when in fact it is
available or advertise that the property is available only to
persons of a certain race, color, religion, sex, handicap,
familial status or national origin.
For the Home Seeker
You should know that you
have the right to expect that housing will be available to you
without discrimination or other limitations based on race,
color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national
origin. It is available to you on terms and conditions
which are non-discriminatory under the law.
You should know that in
essence the law mandates equal professional service for all home
seekers.
For The Real Estate
Professional
As a home seller or home
seeker, you should know that the terms REALTOR® and REALTOR-
ASSOCIATE® identify a licensed professional in real estate who
is a member of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®. Not
all licensed real estate brokers and salespersons are members of
the National Association, and only those who are can identify
themselves as REALTOR® and REALTOR- ASSOCIATE®s.
They conduct their business and activities in accordance with a
strict Code of Ethics.
As agents in a real estate
transaction, licensed brokers or salespersons are prohibited by
law from discriminating on the basis or race, color, religion,
sec, handicap, familial status or national origin. A
request from the home seller or landlord to act in a
discriminatory manner ins the sale, lease or rental cannot
legally be fulfilled by the real estate professional.
National
Association of Realtors® Form No 166-799(5/89) - More
Info: Equal Housing
Opportunity |
The Equal Opportunity Program
The NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
REALTORS® has developed an Equal Opportunity Program to provide
resources and guidance to REALTORS® and REALTOR- ASSOCIATE®s in
ensuring equal professional service for all people.
The Code of Ethics
Article 10 of the NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® Code of Ethics requires that "The
REALTOR® shall not deny equal professional services to any
person for reasons of race, color, religion, sex, handicap,
familial status or national origin. The REALTOR® shall
not be a party to any plan or agreement to discriminate against
a person or persons on the basis of race, color, religion, sex,
handicap, familial status or national origin."
The REALTOR® pledges to
conduct his business and activities in keeping with the spirit
and letter of the Code of Ethics. Article 10 imposes
obligations upon REALTORS® and REALTOR- ASSOCIATE®s, but is
also a firm statement of position and philosophy on housing
opportunity for all people.
The Code for Equal
Opportunity
The NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
OF REALTORS® Code For Equal Opportunity In Housing establishes
a positive public position for Member Boards In fair and equal
housing opportunity while providing the National Association
Fair Housing Poster to comply with HUD regulations for public
notice of equal opportunity in housing.
The Affirmative Marketing
Agreement
The Affirmative Marketing
Agreement is a thorough and complete program of voluntary
compliance within the real estate industry in which REALTORS®
voluntarily agree to certain activities and programs to acquaint
the community with the availability of equal hosing opportunity,
to establish office procedures to ensure that there is no denial
of equal professional service, to make materials available which
will explain this commitment and the work with other groups in
the community through the Community Housing Resource Board.
The Affirmative Marketing
Agreement was accepted by the Department of Housing and the
Urban Development which is a "partner" in the
Agreement by providing technical assistance to Member Boards of
REALTORS® and creating the Community Housing Resource
Board.
Further Assistance
Member Boards of
REALTORS® will accept complains alleging violations of
the Code of Ethics by REALTORS® and REALTOR- ASSOCIATE®s
filed by a home seeker that has experienced discriminatory
treatment in the availability, purchase, or rental of housing.
Member Boards of
REALTORS® have a responsibility to enforce the Code of Ethics
through professional standardsThe Member Board of
procedures which guarantee a full and complete hearing to
determine the facts, due process for all involved and
corrective action in cases where a violation of the Code of
Ethics is proven to have occurred.
The Member Board of
REALTORS® in your city or town can give you more
information about filing and handling of a professional
standards complaint. Complaints alleging discrimination in
housing may also be filed with the nearest office of the
Department of Housing and Urban Development or by calling HUD's
toll free number at 1-800-424-8590.
Equal opportunity in
housing is an ethical principle to which REALTORS® and
REALTOR- ASSOCIATE® s subscribe, moreover, it is the law of the
land and the right of all who reside on it.
National
Association of Realtors® Form No 166-799(5/89) - More
Info: Equal Housing
Opportunity |
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