Fair Housing
In Tennessee, a property owner with a rental property may be exempt from some fair housing provisions if they:
ACharge market-rate rent
BOwn a single-family home and rent it without a broker, not using discriminatory advertising✓ Correct
CHave owned the property for more than 10 years
DAre a licensed real estate broker
Explanation
The federal Fair Housing Act's 'Mrs. Murphy' exemption allows owner-occupied single-family rentals of 4 or fewer units to be exempt from certain provisions — provided no discriminatory advertising is used and no broker is involved.
Related Tennessee Fair Housing Questions
- A real estate agent who tells a prospective buyer that a neighborhood is 'changing' or implies that property values will decline because of the racial composition of the area is committing:
- A landlord refuses to allow a tenant with a disability to install grab bars in the bathroom. Under the Fair Housing Act, this is:
- A property manager who charges a higher security deposit to a tenant because of their national origin is violating:
- In Tennessee, a 'qualified housing for older persons' exemption to the Fair Housing Act's familial status prohibition requires that:
- A real estate company's policy of not advertising in Spanish-language media, despite serving a large Spanish-speaking population, may constitute:
- The Fair Housing Act requires that real estate professionals not discriminate in which of the following activities?
- Which statement is TRUE regarding the advertising of real property under Fair Housing laws?
- Under the Fair Housing Act, advertising for a 'walk-up apartment' (no elevator) is:
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