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 Oklahoma
Oklahoma State Requirement Details for Real Estate Continuing Education
Renewal Date: Every three years within the initial month of licensure.
Effective 6/1/2025 Increase to CE hours requirement
Hours Required: 30 hours comprised of 17 elective hours and 13 core hours in six required subjects:
13 hours should be in the following topics, consisting of no less than:
- six (6) hours of Contracts and Forms,
- three (3) hours in Professional Conduct, and
- one (1) hour in Broker Relationships Act,
- one (1) hour in Fair Housing,
- one (1) hour in Code and Rules and;
- one (1) hour in Hot Topics/Current Issues.
Provisional Sales Associate Post-Licensing: Provisional Sales Associates have a separate and unique post-licensing requirement of 45 hours which must be completed prior to their first license expiration date. Provisional Sales Associates are not required to complete real estate Continuing Education for their first renewal cycle.
Oklahoma Real Estate Commission
Street Address: 1915 N Stiles Ave #200 Oklahoma City, OK 73105
Telephone: 405.521.3387