Finance Committee:
Meets in Riverside on the third Tuesday of the month at 9:00am Staff contact is Mark Dowling, mdowling@ivaor.com
Grievance:
Meets on the second Wednesday of the month at 9:30am. However, if there are no cases to review, the meeting will not be held. Also, the Grievance Committee requires that you take an online training course ($40 up-front fee that is reimbursed upon successful completion) prior to your participation on the committee. Staff contact is Deanna Chalfant, dc@ivaor.com
Housing Policy Committee:
Meets at 9:45am on the first Wednesday of the month at IVAR’s Riverside office. Staff contact is Paul Herrera, pherrera@ivaor.com
MLS/Technology:
Meets in Riverside on the third Wednesday of the month at 11:00am. Our MLS staff can be contacted at mls@ivaor.com
Professional Standards:
Meets only when a hearing is scheduled (normally 8 to 10 meetings per year). This committee requires a minimum two years prior service on the Grievance Committee. Staff contact is Deanna Chalfant, dc@ivaor.com
Fair Housing & Diversity Committee:
Meets in Riverside on the third Thursday of the month, at 2:30pm. Staff contact is Mark Dowling, mdowling@ivaor.com
MISSION STATEMENT
The IVAR Fair Housing & Diversity Committee serves as an advocate for fair housing practices and promotes equal opportunities in housing, while further supporting diversification within the real estate industry to better serve association members and their communities. The committee aims to increase opportunities for members to actively participate and provide education to support consumers and real estate professionals.
COMMITTEE GOALS
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- Outreach to members from diverse constituencies to participate in the Fair Housing & Diversity Committee, and association committees, task forces and leadership activities.
- Develop specific programs and activities (i.e., education/training programs, special events, etc.) that promote and foster the purpose of the Fair Housing & Diversity Committee.
- Create a “Fair Housing & Diversity” IVAR webpage that includes resources and information for members and the public.
- Coordinate and integrate with key stakeholder groups (Fair Housing Council, REALTIST, etc.) the activities and mission of IVAR’s Fair Housing & Diversity Committee.
- Have a positive impact on fair housing and diversity issues related to the Inland Empire housing landscape through education, exposure, and strategic
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Resources
Long Island Divided: In one of the most concentrated investigations of discrimination by real estate agents in the half century since enactment of America’s landmark fair housing law, Newsday found evidence of widespread separate and unequal treatment of minority potential homebuyers and minority communities on Long Island.
The three-year probe strongly indicates that house hunting in one of the nation’s most segregated suburbs poses substantial risks of discrimination, with black buyers chancing disadvantages almost half the time they enlist brokers.
READ THE STUDY LINK
https://projects.newsday.com/long-island/real-estate-agents-investigation/
The Color of Law: In The Color of Law (2017), Richard Rothstein takes what once was a familiar narrative of racial segregation in America and turns it decisively on its head. With bountiful evidence and rigorous detail, Rothstein rejects the prevailing view, upheld to this day by the Supreme Court, that individual decisions create a natural geography of de facto racial segregation in our cities, and argues instead that our government at all levels abetted and sponsored what is in fact de jure segregation.
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