This course covers required and optional content approved by the Oregon Real Estate Board for the Law and Rule Required Course (LARRC) 2024-2025. Students will learn about recent legislative changes, fair housing laws with examples from recent court cases, and the fair housing complaint processes administered by Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI).

• Recall rules that apply to unlicensed real estate brokerage activity
• Describe recently updated and enacted bills that apply to the real estate industry in Oregon
  
• Identify exemptions under the Fair Housing Act as well as property types covered under the Act
  
• Define blockbusting, steering, redlining, disparate impact, and implicit bias
• Explain what reasonable accommodations and modifications are and how they are applied
• Relate how fair housing complaints can be filed either with HUD or the Bureau of Labor and Industry (BOLI) and subsequent enforcement