Arizona Fair Housing
Practice Questions & Answers (2026)
Fair housing is tested on every real estate exam in the country, but Arizona candidates must know both federal and state-level protections. While Arizona enforces the seven federal protected classes (race, color, religion, sex, national origin, familial status, and disability), the Arizona Department of Real Estate (ADRE) also tests how these protections apply in Arizona-specific rental, sales, and advertising scenarios. Steering, blockbusting, redlining, and discriminatory advertising are all tested — and candidates who think they know fair housing cold often miss the state-specific extensions or the nuanced application scenarios. Review every question here carefully.
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Arizona Fair Housing — Practice Questions & Answers
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Q1. The federal Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination based on which protected classes?
Explanation
The federal Fair Housing Act (Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as amended) prohibits discrimination based on 7 protected classes: race, color, religion, sex, national origin, familial status, and disability.
Q2. Arizona state law provides additional fair housing protections beyond federal law, including protection based on:
Explanation
Arizona's fair housing laws include additional protected classes beyond federal law, including sexual orientation and gender identity, providing broader protection against housing discrimination.
Q3. A real estate agent who tells prospective buyers that a neighborhood is 'changing' in a way that implies racial or ethnic composition as a reason to buy or sell is engaging in:
Explanation
Blockbusting (also called panic selling) is the illegal practice of inducing owners to sell by suggesting that the entry of protected class members will cause property values to decline. It violates the Fair Housing Act.
Q4. An Arizona real estate agent who shows clients only certain neighborhoods based on their race or national origin is committing:
Explanation
Steering is the illegal practice of guiding prospective buyers or renters toward or away from certain neighborhoods based on their race, national origin, religion, or other protected characteristics, in violation of the Fair Housing Act.
Q5. Under the Fair Housing Act, which of the following properties is generally EXEMPT from the prohibition against discrimination based on familial status?
Explanation
Qualifying senior housing — communities where all occupants are 62 or older, OR 80% of units have one occupant who is 55+ and the community follows HUD's published policies — is exempt from the familial status protections of the Fair Housing Act.
Q6. A lender refuses to make mortgage loans in a specific low-income neighborhood regardless of individual applicant qualifications. This practice is called:
Explanation
Redlining is the illegal practice of refusing to provide mortgage loans, insurance, or other financial services to residents of entire neighborhoods based on the racial or ethnic composition of those neighborhoods.
Q7. Under the Fair Housing Act's disability provisions, a tenant with a disability has the right to:
Explanation
The Fair Housing Act requires landlords to allow tenants with disabilities to make reasonable modifications to their unit at the tenant's expense. The landlord cannot unreasonably refuse permission, though they may require restoration upon vacating.
Q8. An Arizona property owner refuses to rent to a family with children under 18, claiming 'adults only.' This is:
Explanation
Refusing to rent to families with children under 18 violates the familial status protection of the federal Fair Housing Act, unless the property qualifies as senior housing under one of HUD's recognized exemptions.
Q9. The federal Fair Housing Act of 1968 prohibits discrimination in housing based on which of the following protected classes?
Explanation
The federal Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination based on seven protected classes: race, color, religion, sex, national origin, familial status (families with children under 18 or pregnant women), and disability (handicap).
Q10. Steering in violation of the Fair Housing Act occurs when a licensee:
Explanation
Steering is the illegal practice of directing buyers or renters toward or away from certain neighborhoods based on the racial, ethnic, or other protected-class composition of those areas.
Q11. Blockbusting (panic selling) is best described as:
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