Fair Housing and Ethics Flashcards
7 cards from real Wisconsin Real Estate License practice questions. Tap to flip, then mark Knew It or Still Learning — missed cards come back until you master them.
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A licensee refuses to show a wheelchair-using buyer accessible homes, assuming they can't afford them. This violates fair housing based on:
Answer: Disability
Making assumptions and limiting choices based on a wheelchair user's abilities is disability discrimination.
Testers in fair housing enforcement are individuals who:
Answer: Pose as renters or buyers to detect discrimination
Testers pose as prospective clients to uncover discriminatory treatment by housing providers.
The Civil Rights Act of 1866 prohibits all racial discrimination in:
Answer: The sale or rental of all property with no exemptions
The 1866 Act bars all racial discrimination in property transactions and contains no exemptions.
A dual agent in Wisconsin must:
Answer: Obtain informed consent from both parties and remain neutral
A dual agent must have both parties' informed consent and treat them impartially without disclosing confidences.
Charging a higher security deposit only to families with children is:
Answer: Illegal familial status discrimination
Imposing extra costs on families with children is illegal familial-status discrimination.
Commingling, an ethics and license-law violation, means:
Answer: Mixing client trust funds with the broker's own funds
Commingling is improperly mixing client trust funds with the broker's personal or business funds.
A seller instructs their agent not to sell to members of a certain religion. The agent must:
Answer: Refuse and explain it violates fair housing law
Agents must refuse discriminatory instructions and cannot participate in fair housing violations.