Fair Housing

  • N StoutOctober 31, 2023

    IDAHO REALTORS® HONORS BART COCHRAN OF LEAP HOUSING WITH INAUGURAL GOOD NEIGHBOR AWARD

    NEWS RELEASE: IDAHO REALTORS(R) HONORS BART COCHRAN OF LEAP HOUSING WITH INAUGURAL GOOD NEIGHBOR AWARD Media Contact: Nick Stout,IR Communications Director(208) 342-3585FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:Tuesday October 31, 2023 (Boise, Idaho) – Demonstrating an unyielding commitment to community service and positive change, Bart Cochran of LEAP Housing has been chosen as the first-ever recipient of the Idaho REALTORS® (IR) Good Neighbor Award. Bart Cochran, LEAP Housing The IR Good Neighbor Award is a newly instituted honor designed to spotlight REALTORS® who, through voluntary efforts, make considerable impacts on their communities. Beyond being members in good standing of IR, nominees are evaluated based on their individual volunteer contributions, the broadness and depth of their impact, and their role model potential for fellow REALTORS®. This year IR received 19 nominations from various organizations across Idaho. Bart…

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  • House keys and a happy couple moving into home.
    Idaho REALTORS®May 5, 2021

    First-Time Home Buyer Savings Accounts

    First-Time Home Buyer Savings Accounts and changing the Homeowners Exemption date became a reality this session.

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  • Idaho REALTORS®April 3, 2018

    April is Fair Housing Month

    Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (Fair Housing Act), as amended, prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of dwellings, and in other housing-related transactions, based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status (including children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women, and people securing custody of children under the age of 18), and disability. Who is Protected? The Fair Housing Act prohibits housing discrimination because of Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Disability, National Origin or Familial Status (families with children).

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  • Idaho REALTORS®January 5, 2018

    Commemorating 50 Years of the Fair Housing Act

    Fair housing is more than a list of dos and don’ts, rights and penalties, and mandatory continuing education. As stewards of the right to own, use and transfer private property, fair housing protects our livelihood and business as REALTORS® and depends on a free, open market that embraces equal opportunity. Fair Housing Makes US Stronger. An Overview of the Fair Housing Act Join NAR’s commemoration of the Fair Housing Act. Watch this video to learn about the law, how it makes our industry and country stronger, and the work that is still to be done. We ask all members of the REALTOR® family to join us in this commemoration and stand together with us in this commitment. See a full transcript of this video here. 50th Anniversary of the Fair Housing…

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