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the single family home exemption states
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that homeowners selling single-family
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homes without a licensed real estate
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agent are exempt from the Fair Housing
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Act to ensure success on the real estate
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exam you'll need to be well versed in
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Fair Housing exemptions this includes
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the single-family home exemption hello
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everybody it's Zach here from Real
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Estate licenseward.com today we're
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talking about the single family home
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exemption let's get started now before
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we dive into the single family home
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exemption you'll need to know about the
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Fair Housing Act don't worry we have a
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full video on that but just for a quick
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recap the fair housing app defends
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protected classes against housing
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discrimination these are the seven
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protected classes that it protects this
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act prohibits discrimination against
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these groups in the sale or rental of
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property while the FHA covers most
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housing types there are some exceptions
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and that's where the single family home
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exemption comes into play so the single
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family home exemption states that any
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single family dwelling sold without an
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age is exempt from the FHA this means
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single-family homeowners can be more
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discriminary when selling their homes
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themselves so what is a single family
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home well a single family home is a
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residential property not attached to any
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other units these homes are only for one
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family to live in at a time examples of
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non-single family homes would include
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Apartments townhouses condos duplexes
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and even mobile homes the single family
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exemption does not cover multi-family
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homes and other property types
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homeowners selling multi-family
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properties must follow all fair housing
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laws so when does the single family home
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exemption apply well as mentioned before
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there are a few conditions to the single
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family home exemption for example this
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exemption only applies when one the
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homeowner is not a licensed real estate
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agent or broker two the homeowner owns
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fewer than three other single-family
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homes three the homeowner is not living
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on the property during the sale for no
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discriminating advertising is used for
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the sale and then five the exemption has
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not been used in the previous 24 months
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so the sale or rental of the home must
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meet all these conditions for it to be
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exempt from fair housing laws so when
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does the single family home exemption
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not apply well this exemption does not
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allow homeowners to discriminate based
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on race they can only discriminate
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against characteristics such as sex
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religion or familiar status in fact
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there is no exemption to the federal
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fair housing act that allows housing
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providers to discriminate racially this
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is all thanks to the Civil Rights Act
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now this act asserts the citizens must
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be treated equally regardless of race so
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again the single family home exemption
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works but when it comes to race it does
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not apply so what would be an example of
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a single family home exemption well
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a super religious family and they really
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only wanted to sell their house to
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somebody who shared the same religious
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beliefs again they can't advertise that
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they can't say oh yeah we're gonna sell
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this house you know looking for
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Catholics only or looking for you know
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Muslims only or something like that they
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have to you know just advertise
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regularly but they are allowed according
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to this exemption to say okay you know
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what we only want to choose somebody
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with our religious belief to take over
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this house or to purchase this house so
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hopefully that makes sense and again
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with a lot of these exemptions they're a
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little bit controversial but again you
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do need to be familiar with them uh come
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exam day so specifically what do you
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need to know for the real estate exam
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well the single family home exemption is
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one of the exemptions to the fair
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housing act that all real estate
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professionals must be aware of
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especially for your real estate exam
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this role specifically states that an
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owner of a single family home is exempt
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from the FHA provided that they follow
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every requirement and remember those
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five requirements that I brought up
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earlier that's what I'm talking about
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specifically so they have to meet every
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one of those requirements if you
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understand all that you'll be good to go
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come exam day for more videos on Fair
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