Oregon Continuing Education COURSE
Oregon Fair Housing Required Course 2026-2027
Recent years have seen a rise in hate crimes, hate speech, and discrimination complaints. In response, many industries—including real estate—are doubling down on awareness, diversity, and the elimination of discriminatory practices. In this spirit, the Oregon Real Estate Board requires all renewing licensees to complete continuing education on state and federal fair housing laws.
This course meets that requirement by taking you from foundation to application. You’ll start with a clear review of federal and Oregon fair housing protections and responsibilities. Next, you’ll learn from others’ mistakes through recent U.S. Department of Justice case studies involving religion, sex, familial status, disability, race, and national origin—seeing exactly what went wrong and how to avoid it in your practice. Finally, you’ll examine new Oregon legislation—including SB 599—and what those changes mean for day-to-day brokerage activities.
Course highlights include:
- Redlining’s history in the U.S.
- The federal Fair Housing Act
- Federal and state protected classes
- Fair housing prohibited actions and enforcement
- Fair housing exemptions
- Avoiding discriminatory advertising
- Disparate impact
- Implicit bias
- Fair housing case studies depicting discrimination based on religion, sex, familial status, disability, race, and national origin