Fair Housing

Nebraska's fair housing laws provide that a person who aids, abets, incites, compels, or coerces another to violate fair housing law is:

ANot personally liable if they were following orders

BAlso liable for the violation✓ Correct

COnly liable if they directly benefited financially

DExempt if they are a real estate license holder

Explanation

Persons who assist, encourage, or coerce fair housing violations (including agents who follow discriminatory instructions) can be held personally liable along with the primary violator.

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Key Terms to Know

Fair Housing Act

Federal law prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, or financing of housing based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, and familial status.

Easement

A non-possessory right to use another person's land for a specific purpose.

Escrow

A neutral third-party arrangement where funds, documents, and instructions are held until all conditions of a real estate transaction are satisfied.

Adverse Possession

A doctrine by which a person can gain legal title to another's land by openly, continuously, and adversely occupying it for a statutory period.