AFTER SEVERAL DISTURBING INCIDE NAR AMENDS THE CODE OF ETHICS T REALTORS’ PERSONAL BEHAVIOR E
arlier this year, NAR’s local, state, and national associations received various complaints about discriminatory speech posted online by realtors. Among them was a case of a RE/MAX agent in Denver who was fired in August for plucking out Black Lives Matter signs from her neighbors’ yards. Another one was a San Antonio Realtor with Keller Williams, who was fired in September for posting threats to “hunt” Black Lives Matter protesters on Facebook. Regarding these and other incidences, the NAR’s Professional Standards Committee tabled a motion making it a violation for Realtors to use harassing or using hate speech on any of the protected groups or classes (race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, sexual orientation, and gender identity) under Article 10 of the association’s Code of Ethics. After months of meetings and deliberations, the association’s Advisory Board recommended that it’s Code of Ethics should apply to both the professional and personal actions of a Realtor. On November 13, 2020, the Board of Directors for NAR voted in favor of the motion by NAR’s Professional Standards Committee. The move comes as the association continues to strive to reaffirm its commitment to fair housing and place its members to be at the frontline
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THE POWER IS NOW MAGAZINE | DECEMBER 2020
