Practice & Fair Housing·Fair Housing

5.1 — Brokerage Operations and Fair Housing

Weight: ~12% | Study time: 90 min

Federal Fair Housing Act (7 protected classes; 1968 + 1988 amendments); prohibited conduct (steering, blockbusting, redlining); advertising restrictions; federal exemptions (narrow); Florida Fair Housing Act (adds marital status); HUD complaint process (1-year filing; civil penalties up to $65K); trust/escrow accounts (deposit within 3 days; no commingling; no conversion); advertising rules (brokerage name required; no blind ads); antitrust (price fixing and market allocation = per se violations); FREC discipline types (reprimand, fine up to $5K/count, suspension, revocation, probation).

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