Fair Housing Declaration

One America Principles

• I Welcome you and want to do business with you. 
• I will base my decisions and opinions of you on who you are, not on any preconceived stereotypes or ingrained value judgements. 
• I subscribe to the federal Fair Housing Act and its principles.
• I embrace and celebrate the strength that diversity brings to our communities and our nation. 
• I will help you find opportunities to buy the home you choose. 
• I will market home ownership to the public and reach out to people who may not know that home ownership is realistic option. 
• I will make sure you know there is a full range of housing choices available to you, and encourage you to consider all communities and neighborhoods.
• I will make every effort so that we can communicate with each other. If we do not share a common language, I will work with you to find someone who can interpret. 
• I have incorporated these principles in my daily operations and my overall business plan. I would be proud to share the plan with you. 
• I am here to help you meet your real estate needs because you are the reason I am in business. 
• Please let me know any Cultural or special needs that you have so that our business relationship will be comfortable and successful. 

Fair Housing Declaration

Since the mid-1970’s, the National Association of REALTORS® has worked closely with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to promote equal opportunity in housing. In 1975, HUD and NAR created a voluntary Fair Housing Declaration for use by REALTORS ®, included below:

I agree to: 

• Provide equal professional service without regard to the race, color, religion, gender (sex), disability, familial status, national origin, sexual orientation, or gender identity of any prospective client , customer, or of the residents of any community. 
• Keep informed about fair housing law and practices, improving my clients’ and customers’ opportunities and my business. 
• Develop advertising that indicates that everyone is welcome and no one is excluded, expanding my client’s and customer’s opportunities to see, buy, or lease property.
• Inform my clients and customers about their rights and responsibilities under the fair housing laws by providing brochures and other information. 
• Document my efforts to provide professional service, which will assist me in becoming a more responsive and successful REALTORS®.
• Refuse to tolerate non-compliance. 
• Learn about those who are different from me, and celebrate those differences. 
• Take a positive approach to fair housing practices, and aspire to follow the spirit as well as the letter of the law. 
• Develop and implement fair housing practices for my firm to carry out the spirit of this declaration.

Please complete the exercise called “Building an Inclusive Business Plan: Personalizing Your Inclusive Mission,” as directed by instructor.