CanopyRealtors | Event Description

2023 Canopy Fair Housing Challenge | Stand up for Housing Equity

April is Fair Housing Month. Increase your knowledge and strengthen your commitment to fair housing in the real estate industry this month between April 1-30!

Confront and check biases
Honor the Fair Housing Act
Work to end discrimination, one interaction at a time

How can you meet the challenge?

Connect

Join friends and colleagues to kick off Fair Housing Month and Canopy’s Fair Housing Challenge on Thursday, March 30, 5-8 p.m. at the Canopy Realtor^® Association.
Check out the Canopy “Diversity in Action” webpage at canopyrealtors.com for local, state and national resources and information.
Get familiar with the Association’s and Foundation’s commitment to housing and the community. Learn more at the Canopy Housing Foundation’s website.
Wear your “Fair Housing For All” t-shirt to special events and classes all month long or send a picture to diversityandinclusion@canopyrealtors.com #canopyFHchallenge
- Need a t-shirt? Visit the Realtor® Store Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. or purchase one online.The shirts are $25 each and all proceeds go to the Canopy Housing Foundation.

LEARN

Take NAR’s newest certification course live-stream, “Bias Override: Overcoming Barriers to Fair Housing” on Monday, April 3 from 1-5 p.m. for only $10 for members with Canopy Real Estate Institute. Provides continuing-education elective credit. Provides recertification credit for the Canopy Workforce Housing Certificate program.This course is only $10. Provides recertification credit for the Canopy Workforce Housing Certificate Program.
As part of the 30 days of Fair Housing, Canopy is offering the North Carolina CE elective “Focus on Fair Housing” live stream via Zoom on April 19 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. for only $30! Limited spots are available.
Is your marketing in compliance? Attend the free Realtor^® Hot Topic “Fair Housing Marketing: Compliance and Beyond”at the Canopy Realtor® Association on April 25 at 9:30 a.m. with Alexia Smokler, the National Association of Realtors^® Director of Fair Housing Policy and Programs. Provides recertification credit for the Canopy Workforce Housing Certificate Program.
Complete NAR’s Fairhaven: A Fair Housing Simulation Training.
Complete NAR’s At Home With Diversity online course.

VOLUNTEER

Participate in the 2023 Realtors^® Care Day project scheduled for Friday, April 21. The project is held in April to recognize and acknowledge Fair Housing month and to demonstrate the Realtor® commitment to creating safe and affordable homes for all. Looking for a team? Join DIA in Action!

NOMINATE

Know a youth who is engaged in improving the quality of life in the region? Nominate them for the Canopy Housing Foundation’s Y.E.S. Award.
Know an organization in Mecklenburg, Iredell or Haywood counties that is working to address unmet housing needs? Partner with that nonprofit to submit a Canopy Housing Foundation Community Grant application. Learn more at the Canopy Housing Foundation’s website.

Canopy will promote members who meet the challenge on social media! Be sure to tag your posts with #canopyFHchallenge

Download the flyer here.