House Bill 372 revised Ohio Revised Code 4735.16 and 4735.55 to include military status as a protected class. Your fair housing poster (which must be prominently displayed in the same immediate area as the licenses) as all written agency agreements and consumer guides to agency relationships must indicate that it is illegal to discriminate against any person because of military status. Both must also include a definition of the practice known as "blockbusting" and a statement that it is illegal. Deadline for compliance is March 25, 2008. For pre-printed materials, the Ohio Division of Real Estate and Professional Licensing recommends providing an addendum to include the new fair housing language. If the pre-printed materials contain carbon copies, attach an addendum to each copy. The addendum should include the fair housing statement and have a place to obtain the client's signature. Maintain a copy for company files. | |
Fair Housing Statement
It is illegal, pursuant to the Ohio Fair Housing Law, division (H) of Section 4112.02 of the Revised Code and the Federal Fair Housing Law, 42 U.S.C.A. 3601, to refuse to sell, transfer, assign, rent, lease, sublease or finance housing accommodations, refuse to negotiate for the sale or rental of housing accommodations, or otherwise deny or make unavailable housing accommodations because of race, color, religion, sex, familial status as defined in Section 4112.01 of the Revised Code, ancestry, military status as defined in that section, disability as defined in that section, or national origin or to so discriminate in advertising the sale or rental of housing, in the financing of housing, or in the provision of real estate brokerage services. It is also illegal, for profit, to induce or attempt to induce a person to sell or rent a dwelling by representations regarding the entry into the neighborhood of a person or persons belonging to one of the protected classes. (Effective: 3/25/08) |
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