Bill > S180

This bill aims to end housing discrimination in the Commonwealth. Key provisions include: 1. Expanding the composition of the Board of Registration of Real Estate Brokers and Salesmen to include a representative from a fair housing/civil rights organization or a tenant receiving public housing assistance. 2. Requiring the Board to publish quarterly reports on newly licensed members, complaints against licensed members, and disciplinary actions for findings of discrimination. 3. Extending the time period for the Board to consider complaints from the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination or other certified fair housing agencies from 90 to 180 days. 4. Mandating the Board to suspend the licenses of brokers or salespeople found by a court to have committed unlawful housing discrimination practices, with longer suspensions for repeat offenders. 5. Increasing the continuing education requirements for real estate licensees to include at least 4 hours on fair housing law or diversity and inclusion. 6. Establishing a commission within the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development to review and make recommendations on policies and practices to prevent housing discrimination.

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https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/S180