Fair Housing

Fair Housing Guide for Listing Descriptions, Tenant Screening and Lead Handling

Fair housing compliance is not limited to closing documents or lease applications. It begins with the first listing description, online ad, phone call, showing request or rental inquiry. For real estate agents, brokers, property managers, landlords and leasing teams, the risk is often practical: a listing phrase that suggests a preferred buyer, a tenant-screening policy … Read more

AI Listing Descriptions and Fair Housing: Words Agents Should Avoid

AI can write a listing description in seconds, but it can also create fair housing problems in seconds. The risk is not that AI writes badly. The risk is that it may write confidently about the wrong things: ideal buyers, neighborhood demographics, schools, safety, religious institutions, family status, disability, age or other protected-class issues. Once … Read more