WA Real Estate Fair Housing (3h)
The federal Fair Housing Act reached its 50-year milestone anniversary in 2018. But the work isn't done yet in ensuring that everyone is treated fairly when seeking housing opportunities. When disparities in housing opportunities exist, there are far-reaching consequences that impact whole communities. As a real estate professional working in your local community, being informed leads to understanding how the old real estate adage "location, location, location" has a different context in light of fair housing, with greater implications. To understand where we are and where we're going, it's helpful to review the road we've traveled. While great strides have been made, history must still be written in the years ahead so that discrimination in housing truly becomes "history."
This three-hour mandatory course introduces real estate brokers and managing brokers to the federal Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.) and the Washington Law Against Discrimination (chapter 49.60 RCW) as it relates to real estate transactions. The course teaches real estate brokers and managing brokers the historical and societal context of housing discrimination, legal framework intended to prevent housing discrimination, and steps to take to prevent housing discrimination.
Course highlights include:
- Different types of racism
- Disparate treatment and disparate impact
- Historical context of U.S. and Washington fair housing law
- Contemporary issues in fair housing
- U.S. and Washington fair housing protected classes
- Fair housing case studies
- Gender pronouns
- Cross-cultural communication and negotiation
- Property management and reasonable accommodations
- Love letters
- Avoiding unfair practices
- Unfair bias in financing
- Washington financial assistance programs
- Fair housing-related complaints process
State Requirements For Washington
Washington State Requirement Details for Real Estate Continuing Education
Renewal Date: Every two years
Hours Required: 30 hours
Renewal for Brokers:
First Renewal:
- 30-hour Advanced Practices Course
- 30-hour Real Estate Law Course
- 3-hour Current Issues in Washington Residential Real Estate Course
- 6-hour Wasington Real Estate Fair Housing Course
- 21 hours of other approved continuing education
You must start these hours after the date you're first licensed. If you haven't taken the initial 6-hour Washington Real Estate Fair Housing course, you must take it first.
- Once you've taken the initial 6-hour course, you must take the 3-hour Washington Real Estate Fair Housing course each time you renew.
- At least 30 hours, including:
- 3-hour Current Issues in Washington Residential Real Estate Course
- 3-hour Washington Real Estate Fair Housing Course
- At least 27 hours other approved continuing education
- At least 15 hours must be completed within 24 months of your renewal date.
- You may also use up to 15 hours of unused continuing education completed within 48 months of your renewal date.
Inactive renewals
- No Continuing Education required to renew an inactive license.
- If you want to activate your license, you may need to meet the education requirements for an active license.
Renewal for Managing Brokers:
- At least 30 hours, including:
- 3–hour Core Course
- 3-hour Fair Housing Course
- At least 24 hours other approved continuing education
- At least 15 hours must be completed within 24 months of your renewal date.
- You may also use up to 15 hours of unused continuing education completed within 48 months of your renewal date.
- The hours must be started after the date of first licensure as a managing broker.
Washington State Department of Licensing
Street Address: 2000 Fourth Avenue West, Olympia, WA 98502
Mailing Address (Forms with no payments): P.O. Box 9021, Olympia, WA 98507-9021
Mailing Address (Forms with payments): P.O. Box 3917, Seattle, WA 98124-3917
Telephone: 360.664.6488
Fax: 360.586.0998