Real Estate Law UPDATED Questions
and CORRECT Answers
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? - CORRECT
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 - CORRECT ANSWER -The state or municipal law is substantially
equivalent to the federal law
Another word for uniqueness is - CORRECT 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? -
CORRECT 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? - CORRECT ANSWER -1 year
An important characteristic of personal property is that it is - CORRECT ANSWER -
Movable
Which of these are exempt fro the federal Fair Housing Act? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Owner-occupied buildings with no more than 4 units
and CORRECT Answers
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? - CORRECT
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 - CORRECT ANSWER -The state or municipal law is substantially
equivalent to the federal law
Another word for uniqueness is - CORRECT 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? -
CORRECT 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? - CORRECT ANSWER -1 year
An important characteristic of personal property is that it is - CORRECT ANSWER -
Movable
Which of these are exempt fro the federal Fair Housing Act? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Owner-occupied buildings with no more than 4 units
