Iowa Realtor
Iowa Civil Rights Commission 1991 Annual Report Fair Housing Education
During the first six months of this grant the Fair Housing Specialist engagedin a variety of Fair Housing activities. She offered 49 Fair Housing presentationsto 1,270 people and distributed 1, 1 18 Fair Housing packets. Since October31, 1989, a total of 4,315 Fair Housing packets have been distributed. Shedeveloped the 40-page "Iowa Fair Housing Guide 1990" and a "FairHousing Advertising in Iowa" booklet. She is an approved Realtor educatorfor three hours of Continuing Education Units (CEU's) and critiqued threeFair Housing Realtor correspondence courses for the Real Estate LicensingCommission. She also executed the activities funded under the FHAP grantand prepared a new FHIP grant application in June 1991 that the Commissionhopes will be awarded. ... [Read More]
Iowa Civil Rights Commission Community Testing Report Ottumwa
The tester posed as a married person with two kids andinquired about a two bedroom apartment. The Realtor told the tester, "Itis just two bedrooms which might be one of the problems." ... [Read More]
Iowa Civil Rights Commission 1992 Annual Report Fair Housing Education
Mrs. Aiderton participated in the state landlord's convention in Waterloo,the state Realtor's convention in Cedar Rapids, organized the Commission'sentry in the 1991 State Fair parade in Des Moines, operated the Commission'sbooth for 12 days at the 1991 State Fair in Des Moines, and coordinatedthe Commission's Fair Housing conference in August of 1991. She conductedFair Housing educational sessions on four one-and-two-hour statewide radioprograms and was interviewed on numerous local radio and television programs.She fielded a marked increase in people calling the Commission to discussFair Housing issues and represented the Commission by presenting Fair Housinginformation at numerous conferences as a guest consultant. ... [Read More]
Iowa Civil Rights Commission 1972 Annual Report Policy Making
In the Hawkeye Realty case the Commission found that "Choose Your Neighbor"cards were distributed only in an allwhite neighborhood and that no blackpeople could be found who had ever received these cards anywhere in thecity. A Cedar Rapids realtor, who had once used the cards himself, admittedthat such cards were used by realtors to maintain segregated neighborhoods. ... The origin of the case occurred in 1969 when it was brought to the attentionof the Commission that realtors in several southeast Iowa cities were using"Choose Your Neighbor" cards. Realtors claimed that use of thecards was merely a sales gimmick which attempted to get publicity and promotea quick sale and that the intent was not to perpetuate segregated neighborhoods.However, the Commission, after studying the matter, drafted a statementin August of 1969 saying that it considers use of devices such as "ChooseYour Neighbor" cards to be in violation of the Iowa Civil Rights Actof 1965, as amended, in that they tended to maintain segregated neighborhoodsby not giving all persons in the city equal notice that the property wasfor sale or rent. ... [Read More]
Iowa Civil Rights Commisson Contested Case Decision Hall Findings of Fact
10. Gerdner owned the houseat 1204 South 14th Street in Burlington. Prior to Gerdner buyingthat house, it had been for sale and Hall had talked with a realtorabout it. She was interested in that particular location becauseit was closer to her relatives and to the school she and two ofher children had attended. ... [Read More]
Boards - Department of Public Works - Council Bluffs, IA
There is created a housing board of appeals. The board shall consist of five members to be appointed by the mayor or his/her designee, each to be appointed for a term of five years, excepting that when the board is first created, one member shall be appointed for a term of five years, one member shall be appointed for a term of four years, one member shall be appointed for a term of three years, one member shall be appointed for a term of two years, and one member shall be appointed for a term of one year. The board shall consist of one realtor, one landlord, one tenant, and two members at large. Neither of the members at large shall be a realtor, landlord or tenant. The board shall elect its own chairperson at the first meeting thereof held each year, for a term of one year. Members may be removed for cause by the city council upon written charges and public hearing being held. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term of any member whose term becomes vacant. In the event the m ... [Read More]
Profile of Enes Elezovic, "The United States in 2005: Who We Are Today" , eJournal USA: Society & Values, December 2004
His parents, now both 42 years old, have made the transition to American business very well. Sedat is now a supervisor in a manufacturing plant. Lu is a successful realtor. They own three houses, so they have rental income. And the whole family works together in their own company, Tip Top Cleaning, which does home and office custodial work and also cleans up construction sites. ... [Read More]
Iowa Civil Rights Commission 1993 Annual Report Fair Housing Education
She participated in numerous large group conferences such as a day-longDiversity Day at Storm lake High School, the fifth annual state LandlordsAssociation two day meeting, various area landlord meetings, the Governor'sConference on Aging, the Iowa Newspaper Association state meeting, periodiclarge group Realtor seminars, sessions for Farmer's Home Administrationhousing project managers and a Girl Scout leader alumni recognition. ... [Read More]
Iowa Civil Rights Commission 1968 Annual Report Affirmative Action
9. Address by Mr. John I. Hasselblad(past president of the Denver Board of Realtors, director of the Coloradoand National Associations of Real Estate Boards, and the 1966 "DenverRealtor of the Year") at the Mid-America Conference on Equal Opportunityin Housing, at Kansas City, on October 29, 1966. ... The flier was concluded with an offer to the real estate industry of theCivil Rights Commission's services in "educating the public about theneed and value of providing equal housing opportunity for all owans;"and with an excerpt from a speech by a Denver realtor 9 ... [Read More]
Iowa Civil Rights Commission 1994 Annual Report Fair Housing Education
She participated in numerous large group conferences throughout the statesuch as the sixth annual state Landlords Association two-day conferencein Cedar Rapids; various area landlord meetings; periodic large group Realtorseminars; sessions for Farmer's Home Administration housing project managers;the state meeting of the Shopper's Guides of Iowa; and the two-state (Iowa/Nebraska)meeting of Assisted Housing Management Association. ... [Read More]
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