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Show RealEstate The Salt LakeTribune Advertising supplement produced by Newspaper Agency Corp. Sunday, August4, Salt Lake Board of Realtors committed to providing equal opportunity housing ‘TheNati A son tk Realtors, as well as all Realtor across the country, are committed to the provisions of equal housing opportunities. But what exactly does this mean? The Fair Housing Act, passed in 1968, prohibits discrimination based onrace, color, religion, sex or national origin. The Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 extended protection to families with children and to the disabled. In essence, this means that as a and needs. Realtor, your agent is bound by Providing equal professional law to adhere to these basic statservice is a constantpriority in a utory regulations. The National real estate brokerage. Thereis Association of Realtors subscribes ongoing monitoring for complito the policy that equal opportuance with Fair Housing procenity in the acquisition of housing dures, and real estate associates can be accomplished through are kept apprised of new Fair leadership, example, education Housingissues. and the mutual cooperation of Compliance with the Fair Housthe real estate industry and the ing Agreementand the law would public. mean an awareness of the followIn the spirit of this endeavor, ing: the Salt Lake Board of Realtors © Phrases or wordsthat are adheres to the following proviclearly discriminatory (i.e. Jewish sions of its Code for Equal Ophome, white private home, Hisportunity: panic neighborhood, adult com@ In the sale, purchase, exmunity, singles complex); change, rental or lease of real © Catch words such as excluproperty, Realtors are responsisive, private, integrated, tradible for offering equal service to tional, board approved or memall clients and prospects without bership approved; regard to race, color,religion, © Prohibitive words or phrases sex, handicap, familial status or with respect to handicapped pernational origin. sons or families with children, in© When performing agency cluding crippled, deaf, restricted functions, members have no right community, blind, mentallyill, or responsibility to volunteer inmature persons, exclusive orsinformation regarding theracial, religious or ethnic composition of gles; © Advertising in strategically any neighborhood. limited geographic areas; particu@ Members shall not engage in lar editions of newspapers that any activity that has the purpose reach a limited segmentof the of inducing panic selling. community; only small papers ©@ Members shall not print, display or circulate any statement or that cater to certain religious or ethnic groups; only selected sales advertisement with respect to the offices; sale or rental of a dwelling that The Fair Housing Act permits indicates any preference, limitaverbiage that propertyis accessition or discrimination. ble to handicapped individuals © Members whoviclate the and intended for and operating as spirit or any provision of this housing for older persons. It also Code for Equal Opportunity shall permits advertising indicating age be subject to disciplinary action. restrictions for acceptance as As a seller, you cannot deterlong asthe restrictions do not mine whoisfit to live in your have the effect of excluding famneighborhood. Andas a buyer ilies with children. you cannot ask to be placed in a Realtors are often the first perneighborhood wherecertain relison to know if a prospectis a vicgious or ethnic groups areclustim of discrimination. If a client tered together as a majority. You is discriminated against, Realtors may not even inquire as to the know whatoptions are available uniqueness of these situations. to redress the situation. One opYour Realtorwill provide a vation is to refer the person to a riety of housing choices based on Fair Housing center forassiscriteria that you have set. In dotance. ing this, he or she will offer suggestions and alternatives based on Jan Leathamhas been associmarketavailability. You can exated with the Salt Lake Board of pect your agent to be fair and Realtors, both as an agent and honest, but not judgmentalin as an affiliate member, for many their evaluation of your wants years. 32-year residents have found sleepy hamlet to their liking For Lea Huff, moving to Centerville 32 years ago was a decision based on supply and demand. She supplied the breakfast, lunch and dinner; her husband demanded it. Well, OK, maybe demandedis a little strong. Let’s just say he appreciated it. “When wewere first married we lived in Magnaand then up in Roy. My husband thoughtliving in Roy would be great because he worked at Hill Field. But I hated it because everyday he would come home for lunch,” Huff said, tongue and cheek. “I'd just be getting finished cleaning up after breakfast and he’d be home again. I was cookingall the time.” But, Huff professes, she could have dealt with the cooking. And the cleaning. She could have even dealt with the added distance that separates Roy fromSalt Lake. But once she madethatinitial pass through Centerville, a sleepy hamlet located midwaybetween the Great Salt Lake to the west and the Wasatch foothills to the east, she knew she couldn't live anywhere else. Good-bye, Roy. Hello, Centerville. “We'd drive through Centerville, and it was just this little rural country town. We got such a wonderful feeling there,” Huff said. “So we rented for three months, then decided this is where we wanted to come back.” The Huffs knew that if they were going to move to Centerville, it was going to be for the long haul. No more jumping around from community to community. No more long commutes from MagnatoHill Air Force Base. No more working-man noon-day specials at the Lea Huff diner. If the Huffs were going to dothis, they were going to doit right, by golly. So they selected a choice parcel of land, one that was close enough to the mountains so as to allow ample roaming room for their seven chil- dren. There was an orchard behind & eel While many new homes are springing up aroond Centervia, there is anice collection ofolder, vintage homes, such as this one on Main Street. place to make memories “Our kids have loved being able to go up into the mountains and having them so close to home,” Huff said. “But we'restill so close to Salt Lake (12 miles), which is convenient.” Centerville’s economic development and residential expansion ‘makeit one of the fastest growing their house, and few roads to speak communities along the Wasatch of. Front. More than 250 businesses call It was the Huff's own little oasis; a Centerville home, including the new SuperTarget, which held its grand opening July 25. Centerville residents number some 13,800 — up 2,300 since the 1990 census —- and are a loyal lot. So much so that the Huffs, that very family that has lived there for 32 years, still consider themselvesrelative newcomers to the community. Based on the RSVPs Huffreceived to a recent dinner honoring See CENTERVILLE,Page G8 Did you know ... = Mat ie Cope Pema nee semeumeet produced by a volunteer staff and financed contributions from the dedconees of the city, was sent to 110 residents who served in ~~ World War li? 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