{"id":18920,"date":"2024-04-05T19:59:09","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T19:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realtorparty.realtor\/?p=18920"},"modified":"2024-06-10T17:31:14","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T17:31:14","slug":"santa-fe-realtors-promote-diverse-housing-options-in-housing-strapped-region-2-3-2-2-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-2-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-2-4-2-2-3-2-4-2-2-3-2-2-2-2-3-3-2-2-3-2-2-2-3-2-3-2-2-2-2-3-3-2-2-2-3-2-2-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/realtorparty.realtor\/homepage\/success-story\/or-fh0424","title":{"rendered":"Oregon REALTORS\u00ae Host Annual Fair Housing Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"OregonFor three years now, Oregon REALTORS\u00ae<\/sup> has been inviting its members throughout the state on a deep dive into fair housing issues, hosting an annual virtual fair housing summit that counts for three hours of Continuing Education.\u00a0 In 2022, the keynote speaker was Richard Rothstein, presenting The Color of Law<\/em>; in 2023, he returned with his daughter, Leah Rothstein, to discuss their new book, Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law<\/em>.\u00a0 The programs have been wildly popular and are strengthening the REALTORS\u2019 relationships with the local affinity organizations and other groups, as well as bringing greater understanding to members.\u00a0 Fair Housing Grants<\/a> from the REALTOR\u00ae<\/sup> Party have helped make the summits possible.<\/p>\n

In 2023, the program explored the history and evolving demographics of the state of Oregon, as well as the history of housing access.\u00a0 NAR\u2019s Deputy Chief Economist and VP of Research Jessica Lautz made the case that following fair housing practices, besides being the law of the land, is good for business.\u00a0 A panel of representatives from NAREB, AAREA, NAHREP, and the LGTBQ+ Alliance discussed fair housing best practices, and other sessions focused on the state\u2019s fair housing legislation and how to report fair housing violations.\u00a0 Members of the multicultural affinity organizations, together with the Fair Housing Council of Oregon and Oregon REALTORS\u00ae<\/sup>\u2019 Diversity Key Committee, also helped to facilitate break-out \u2018rooms\u2019 for smaller group discussions.<\/p>\n

LaTasha Beal, the association\u2019s 2023 Diversity Key Committee Chair, notes that the presentation by the Rothsteins, which built on the previous year\u2019s discussion of The Color of Law<\/em>, was especially compelling: \u201cIt’s great to talk about how we got here, but it was also important to look forward and ask ourselves how do we start to make progress in these towns, cities, and states where the homeownership opportunities are still suffering?\u201d \u00a0She notes that Oregon REALTORS\u00ae<\/sup>\u2019 current Diversity Key Committee\u00a0is now sponsoring a book club reading of Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been able to build and deepen the content of the Fair Housing Summits year after year,\u201d says Beal. \u00a0\u201cMost recently, we have invited REALTORS\u00ae<\/sup> and clients with disabilities\u00a0to present their viewpoints and have their voices heard, and these perspectives bring so much value to the discussion of fair housing. \u00a0I am also reminded how important it is to treat everyone fairly, our membership and the public, and seek to understand their needs so that we can represent and serve them as best we can.\u201d<\/p>\n

She continues, \u201cTo remind our members of their commitment to fair housing, we provide them with resources and information, right down to equipping\u00a0agents with practical scripts to combat open-ended questions like, \u2018Tell me about your buyer\u2026\u2019 \u00a0I believe Oregon REALTORS\u00ae<\/sup>\u2019 continual focus on fair housing education is helping our members realize and acknowledge discriminatory behavior that has been normalized in the real estate industry over the years \u2013 and to combat it when they see it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Feedback from the 2023 Fair Housing Summit\u2019s 240 participants was overwhelmingly positive, and the 2024 Fair Housing Summit, which focused on programs, agencies, resources and expertise available to the state\u2019s REALTORS\u00ae<\/sup>, continued the strong tradition of Oregon REALTORS\u00ae<\/sup>\u2019 commitment to fair housing \u2013 and fair housing education.<\/p>\n

To learn more about how Oregon REALTORS\u00ae <\/sup>is engaging its membership in gaining a deeper understanding of fair housing issues, contact the association\u2019s 2023 Diversity Key Committee Chair LaTasha Beal at labeal@kw.com<\/a>; or Erica Curry, Education & Diversity Director, at diversity@oregonrealtors.org<\/a> or 503.587.8983.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Building on the success of its first Fair Housing Summit, which featured Richard Rothstein\u2019s groundbreaking book, The Color of Law, Oregon REALTORS\u00ae\u2019 second annual summit provided a deep dive into the history of fair housing and housing access in Oregon, how fair housing impacts business, and supporting fair housing in the community. The keynote address was again by Richard Rothstein, this time joined by his daughter, Leah Rothstein, in discussing their new book, Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law. ","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":18957,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,33,296],"tags":[432,1685,454,1825],"class_list":["post-18920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-about-us","category-success-stories","category-success-story","tag-fair-housing","tag-fair-housing-grant","tag-oregon","tag-oregon-realtors"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/realtorparty.realtor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/realtorparty.realtor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/realtorparty.realtor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realtorparty.realtor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realtorparty.realtor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/realtorparty.realtor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realtorparty.realtor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/realtorparty.realtor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realtorparty.realtor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realtorparty.realtor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}