FAQs - Topsail Island Real Estate & Fair Housing
Welcomed is the first feeling you will have as you drive up to this home. The house is hugged lovingly by nature providing you the space and privacy that you crave. And...
- 4 Beds
- 3 Baths
- 100252897 MLS
Wow! Ocean front home, won't last. Adorable newly renovated 3 bedroom 2 bath cottage located in the sought after Surf City minutes to restaurants, shopping, pier and ever...
- 3 Beds
- 2 Baths
- 100252891 MLS
This lot is located in the Golfing community of North Shore Country Club. It's wooded so you can clear as much as you want to build your dream home! You are close to the...
- 100252871 MLS
One of the last vacant sound front lots on south Topsail Island. Impeccable location on a quiet culdescac, with beach access just across the street.
- 100252837 MLS
Beautiful lot offers a gorgeous views of the sound and ocean. Sound access provides potential use for paddle boarding, kayaking and perhap flat bottom boating. Perfect fo...
- 100252812 MLS
Direct oceanfront, the name of this home is perfect, ''Dolphin Watch''! This home offers oceanfront decks, a perfect place to sit back, relax and watch the dolphin play ...
- 4 Beds
- 3 Baths
- 100252797 MLS
Incredible ocean views from this first floor condo. Completely remodeled, this unit is easy to access and ready for new memories. The kitchen and the living area are on ...
- 1 Beds
- 1 Baths
- 100252785 MLS
- Topsail Reef Bldg.
Adorable 3 bedroom, 2 bath cottage style home awaits in Sneads Ferry. Close to the beaches of Topsail Island and minutes to the back gate to Camp LeJeune, this is the per...
- 3 Beds
- 2 Baths
- 100252772 MLS
High elevation building lot with community water and sewer, cleared, grassed and ready for your dream home. Close to Golf courses, shopping, restaurants, Topsail Island B...
- 100252720 MLS
WATERFRONT - Stunning ICWW views! Deeded water access. No HOA and lot is located in Topsail School District. Lots 12 (MLS#100252674) and 13 (MLS#100252678) are also avail...
- 100252688 MLS
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1. Do the fair housing laws apply to all housing transactions?
Yes, except for the following limited exemptions:
The rental of a unit in a multi-family dwelling with not more than four units where the owner (or a member of the owner's family) lives in one of the units
The rental of a room or rooms in a private house where the owner (or a member of the owner's family) lives in the house
Lodging owned or operated by private clubs which give preference to their members Religious, charitable, or educational institutions or organizations which are operated, supervised, or controlled by religious institutions or organizations that give preference in real estate transactions to their members, provided the organization does not exclude members of a protected category
Single-sex dormitories
2. What are some common unlawful acts of discrimination?
Refusing to sell, rent or negotiate - It is against the law to take any of the following actions because a person is a member of one of the protected categories:
To refuse to engage in a real estate transaction
To refuse to rent or sell housing
To discriminate in terms, conditions, or privileges for the sale or rental of housing
To refuse to receive or fail to transmit a bona fide offer to engage in a real estate transaction
To indicate that housing is not available when it actually is available
To discriminate by providing different facilities or services
To refuse to negotiate for housing
3. What conditions are considered handicaps under the fair housing laws?
A handicapping condition exists if someone has a physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more major life activities. Some examples are: physical disability, mental illness or retardation, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, cancer, heart disease, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection or AIDS, drug addiction (other than addiction caused by current, illegal use of a controlled substance) and alcoholism. However, a landlord does not have to rent to anyone, including a handicapped person, who would constitute a genuine, direct threat to the health or safety of other tenants or whose tenancy would result in substantial physical damage to the property of others.
4. Can a real estate agent decline to show property in a particular area because members of a protected category reside in that area? No. This is steering, even if the buyer requests it. The real estate agent should inform the buyer that he or she can show property based on any of the buyer's other criteria, but not the presence or absence in the area of members of a protected category.
5. Can a real estate agent answer questions about the characteristics of a neighborhood if the questions concern one of the protected categories?
No.