Fair Housing Challenge

The GAR Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, & Action Committee has issued its 2023 Challenge to all the local boards.

The Fairhaven simulation and the At Home With Diversity (AHWD) certification are ways to help you grow your business by better understanding how to work with ALL people! If you’ve already done AHWD in 2023, congratulations that counts! We will receive credit for your completion. If you have not, please do so before April 30th!

Fairhaven Simulation: Fairhaven is a new, online, immersive simulation that uses the power of storytelling to make learners confront fair housing discrimination in scenarios that feel real. Learners in the fictional town of Fairhaven play the role of an agent. In the simulation, they work against the clock to close four deals. As learners interact with clients and colleagues in each scenario, they will confront some form of discrimination—based on race, national origin, disability, familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity. The scenarios in Fairhaven are inspired by real fair housing cases, and by conversations held with NAR members.

At Home With Diversity (AHWD) Certification Course: The course work for the At Home with Diversity certification is designed to enable you to work successfully with and within a rapidly changing multicultural market. It will help you to learn diversity sensitivity, how it applies to U.S. fair housing laws in your business, and ways to develop professional guidelines for working with people in the increasingly multicultural real estate market.

Completing these two programs will empower REALTORS® to:

• Confront and check their own biases;
• Honor the Fair Housing Act, and
• Work to end discrimination in housing, one interaction at a time.

Thank you for taking the time to complete this important challenge and show your commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in the real estate industry.