REAL ESTATE LAW EXAMPREP MASTER
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CONCEPTS
• A homeowner decides to rent a spare bedroom in her house to a tenant
for $500 per month. When a 24-year-old man asks to see the room, the
homeowner refuses, telling him that shell will only rent to a woman over
the age of 50. The prospective tenant threatens to sue for a violation of
the Fair Housing Act on the basis of age. Should the homeowner be
concerned? Answer: No, because there was no real estate professional
involved in this transaction, the homeowner is free to discriminate on the
basis of any normally protected classes.
• Complaints of discriminatory housing practices filed with HUD will be
referred to a local enforcement agency if Answer: The state or municipal
law is substantially equivalent to the federal law
• Another word for uniqueness is Answer: Nonhomogeneity
• A landlord rented an apartment to a person who must use a wheelchair.
The landlord allowed the tenant to install bath rails and replace the
bathroom sink vanity with a pedestal sink with lever faucet handles, but
the landlord required the tenant to sign a restoration agreement that the
accommodations would be restored to their former condition at the end
of the lease term. In addition, the landlord required the tenant to pay
sufficient fund (over a period of time) into an escrow account to restore
, the bathroom. Has the landlord violated the Fair Housing Act? Answer:
No, the landlord can require a restoration agreement and the escrow
account
• Under the Civil Rights Act of 1968, what is the time limit to file a
housing discrimination complaint with HUD? Answer: 1 year
• An important characteristic of personal property is that it is Answer:
Movable
• Which of these are exempt fro the federal Fair Housing Act? Answer:
Owner-occupied buildings with no more than 4 units
• The developer added sewer lines and utilities and built tow streets.
What are these items called? Answer: Additions
• The provisions of the ADA apply to any employer with at least
Answer: 15 or more employees
• A farmer has posted a number of "No Trespassing" and "No Hunting"
sings on the property. Which "stick" in the bundle of rights gives the
farmer this authority? Answer: Exclusion
• The resolution of a fair housing complaint by obtaining assurance that
the respondent will remedy the violation is called Answer: Conciliation
STUDY PAPER WITH VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS AND GUARANTEED PASS
CONCEPTS
• A homeowner decides to rent a spare bedroom in her house to a tenant
for $500 per month. When a 24-year-old man asks to see the room, the
homeowner refuses, telling him that shell will only rent to a woman over
the age of 50. The prospective tenant threatens to sue for a violation of
the Fair Housing Act on the basis of age. Should the homeowner be
concerned? Answer: No, because there was no real estate professional
involved in this transaction, the homeowner is free to discriminate on the
basis of any normally protected classes.
• Complaints of discriminatory housing practices filed with HUD will be
referred to a local enforcement agency if Answer: The state or municipal
law is substantially equivalent to the federal law
• Another word for uniqueness is Answer: Nonhomogeneity
• A landlord rented an apartment to a person who must use a wheelchair.
The landlord allowed the tenant to install bath rails and replace the
bathroom sink vanity with a pedestal sink with lever faucet handles, but
the landlord required the tenant to sign a restoration agreement that the
accommodations would be restored to their former condition at the end
of the lease term. In addition, the landlord required the tenant to pay
sufficient fund (over a period of time) into an escrow account to restore
, the bathroom. Has the landlord violated the Fair Housing Act? Answer:
No, the landlord can require a restoration agreement and the escrow
account
• Under the Civil Rights Act of 1968, what is the time limit to file a
housing discrimination complaint with HUD? Answer: 1 year
• An important characteristic of personal property is that it is Answer:
Movable
• Which of these are exempt fro the federal Fair Housing Act? Answer:
Owner-occupied buildings with no more than 4 units
• The developer added sewer lines and utilities and built tow streets.
What are these items called? Answer: Additions
• The provisions of the ADA apply to any employer with at least
Answer: 15 or more employees
• A farmer has posted a number of "No Trespassing" and "No Hunting"
sings on the property. Which "stick" in the bundle of rights gives the
farmer this authority? Answer: Exclusion
• The resolution of a fair housing complaint by obtaining assurance that
the respondent will remedy the violation is called Answer: Conciliation
