3 MORE Fair Housing Policies Cut by President Trump's Administration

What's At Stake? Who Can Help? Plus, Women's History And Other Fair Housing News To Know To Not Be An April's Fool 😵‍💫

"I was so happy, but then it just sinks in. It sinks in, that what was devaluing my home was me." — Carlette Duffy, Indianapolis homeowner who discovered her home had been under-appraised.

When a home is under-appraised, not only do homeowners miss out on the higher home valuation but so does the entire community (roads, bridges, fire departments, water and sewage systems, trash collection, street lighting, disaster relief, EMS, parks, schools, real estate agents, lenders, etc.).

That is why it is baffling that the process for fair appraisals (specifically, when a value needs to be challenged) is so convoluted depending on where you are in the U.S.

Federal (or national) standards help to ensure that no matter where a U.S. homeowner has real estate, she can likely expect the process for a fair appraisal to be similar. This makes it easier for homeowners, but Newsflash: mostly everyone directly involved in the transaction, plus the surrounding community, stands to benefit.

Sadly, the ease with which the American people can challenge an appraisal is yet another federal fair housing rollback that President Trump’s Administration has made.

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ICYMI — Conversation Starters

Inman News — From Steering to Low Appraisals: Highlights from the 2025 Snapshot of Race and Home Buying in America by the National Association of REALTORS® Research Group — read here

Realtor Magazine / National Association of Realtors Lounge — The Tenacious 3: Inspo from 3 Fair Housing Leaders to Help Move Your Business Forward & Improve Your Quarterly Performance (Women’s History Month) — read here

HousingWire — What the game Oregon Trail teaches us about land ownership & DEI (Women’s History Month Edition) — read here

Inman News — Don’t Catch a DEI Case: 2 Simple Tools to Make Your Meaningful Events Measurable for Women's History Month and Beyond — read here

Realtor Magazine / National Association of Realtors Lounge — 5 Ways AI-Notetaking Helps The Agents I Coach Be More Organized, Fair and Productive (and Might Help You) — read here

“I always thought you had to have a husband to have a house” — Women’s s History Month: Real Estate Edition

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