New NAR Fair Housing Training Requirement
NAR adds a three-year training cycle
National Association of REALTORS® new-member applicants must now complete two hours of fair housing training and existing members must complete two hours of fair housing training every three years as a condition of REALTOR® membership, including one training option that is of no cost to members. The three-year cycle coincides with NAR's existing Code of Ethics training requirement and begins in 2025.
Courses that satisfy the new NAR requirement are:
- At Home With Diversity, a course to help real estate professionals work successfully in an increasingly diverse marketplace.
- Bias Override: Overcoming Barriers to Fair Housing, a course to help real estate professionals identify and interrupt stereotypical thinking to avoid fair housing pitfalls.
- Qualified equivalent courses provided by state and local associations, institutes, societies and councils, and their partnered providers.
- Qualified equivalent fair housing courses approved by state licensing authorities for an existing state fair housing requirement.
Fairhaven, NAR's online fair housing simulation, will also be updated to meet the stated learning objectives and two-hour minimum time frame so that it can be included in the list of qualifying courses and serve as the no-cost option.
NAR's Fair Housing Action Plan: ACT! aims to ensure REALTORS® are doing everything possible to protect housing rights in America, with an emphasis on accountability, culture change, and training.
Additional NAR Fair Housing Resources
NAR Fair Housing Real Estate Topic
What Everyone Should Know About Equal Opportunity Housing
NAR Fair Housing Publications for Purchase
Housing Point: Fair Housing Act Video Download (Digital Download)
Fair Housing Sales: Pocket Guide (Printed Guide/Digital Download)
Fair Housing Rental: Pocket Guide (Printed Guide/Digital Download)
Fair Housing Handbook - Fourth Edition (Printed Guide/Digital Download)
What Everyone Should Know About Equal Opportunity in Housing Brochure (Printed Brochure/Digital Download)