Fair Housing Civil Rights Cultural Diversity

1. Fair Housing Civil Rights Cultural Diversity

2. Class Guidelines Turn off Cell phonesPDAsLaptops, etc. Honor break time

3. Objectives1. Define civil rights, fair housing and cultural diversity. 2. Identify the 9 protected classes under Ohio law.

4. Objectives3. Identify words that may not be used in ads. 4. Identify Fair Housing Red Flags at different stages of the transaction.

5. Brief history • Discriminatory Laws

6. Black’s Law Dictionary civil rights.The individual rights of personal liberty guaranteed by the Bill of Rights and by the 13th, 14th, 15th, and 19th Amendments, as well asby legislation such as the Voting Rights Acts.

7. Black’s Law Dictionary Examples:Right to vote Right to due process Right to equality in public places Rights of institutionalized persons Rights of disabled persons Right to marry Right to own property Right to bear arms

8. Prior to 1964Jim Crow laws allowed “separate but equal”accommodations

13. August 28, 1963 Over a quarter of a million people participated in the March on Washington and heard the Martin Luther King, Jr., deliver his "I Have a Dream" speech.

14. November 22, 1963 • President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas.

15. Lyndon Banes Johnson was sworn in as President

16. Lyndon Johnson, hoped that supportfor Kennedy's civil rights billwould help him get reelected in 1964

17. Outlawed segregationin the U.S. schools and public places Barred unequal application of voter registration requirements (Did not abolishliteracy tests to vote)

18. Illegal to discriminate in hotels, motels, restaurants, theaters, and all other public accommodations engaged in interstate commerce

19. April 4, 1968 • Martin Luther King, Jr.was murdered at the Lorraine Motel.

20. The assassination sparks unrest and civil disorders in124 cities across the country, including Washington, D.C.

21. On April 11, as civil unrest continued,President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968, aimed at curbing discrimination in housing

22. Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 is known as the Fair Housing Act

23. Purpose of Fair Housing Laws Create an equal housing market

24. People live where they choose within their financial ability to pay

25. Cultural diversityThe cultural differencesthat exist between peopleLanguageDress HandshakeHierarchy

26. When working with someone from another culture, research how to work with them.

27. Is this the correct way to give your business cardto someone from China?

28. No. You should use both hands and your card should be face up.

29. Do a Google Search Business Card Etiquette

30. Cultural differences could be interpreted as a Fair Housing violation. Remember…Intention is NOT a factorin determining if discrimination has taken place.

31. March 25, 2008Military Status added to: Fair Housing poster Fair Housing pamphletWritten Agency Agreements Consumer’s Guides

32. Ohio Protected ClassesRace Color Religion Sex National OriginFamilial StatusDisabled AncestryMilitary Status

33. Other Protected ClassesSexual orientation - Yellow Springs, Ohio Age, marital status, sexual orientation and gender identity Dayton, Ohio

34. Other Protected ClassesAppalachian - CincinnatiCheck to see if there are any other protected classes in your community.

35. NOT Needed When AdvertisingCommercial – Retail – Industrial Property The symbol CANNOT be used alone. The slogan can NEVER be abbreviated EHO.

37. Acceptable - A Unacceptable - UCaution - C3 minutes

38. Acceptable – Unacceptable – CautionCouple CongregationExclusiveQuality NeighborhoodNo college studentsSafe Neighborhoodse habla espanolNo smokingEmpty NestersNo unemployed

41. Couple – Unacceptable Congregation – Unacceptable Exclusive – CautionQuality Neighborhood – Caution No college students – AcceptableSafe Neighborhood – Caution se habla espanol – Acceptable No smoking - AcceptableEmpty Nesters - UnacceptableNo unemployed – Acceptable

42. Any word used in the contextof discriminatory is wrong!Review the handout on the ODRE website.

43. ReviewYour ads - Websites Business cards, etc. as a party from a protected class. Look at your ads and presentations from their view point.

44. The following slide is thedefinition of what word?

45. 1301:5-6-04 Agency Agreements “It is also illegal, for profit, to induce or attempt to induce a person to sell or rent a dwelling by representations regarding the entry into the neighborhood of a person or persons belonging to one of the protected classes.” Blockbusting

46. Fair Housing 1.Listing2. Buyers 3. Showing 4. Offers and Counteroffers

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