Wisconsin REALTORS® Association: NAR Adopts New Fair Housing Training Requirements

NAR Adopts New Fair Housing Training Requirements

 Tracy Rucka, WRA Director of Professional Standards and Practices  |    March 31, 2025
Training

The National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) recently implemented new fair housing and anti-bias training requirements starting in 2025. Both new and existing REALTOR® members will be required to attend two hours of qualified fair housing or anti-bias training to obtain and maintain REALTOR® membership.

Just like the required REALTOR® Code of Ethics training, the fair housing or anti-bias training will be required in three-year cycles. The first cycle starts January 1, 2025, and ends December 31, 2027. The training may be completed in a variety of ways:

  • Members may complete requirements by attending live or online courses.
  • Members who finish NAR’s Fairhaven simulation will also qualify.  

Fairhaven is a free online simulation in which the participant explores fair housing issues while role-playing through scenarios. The simulation has been updated for 2025 to include information about historical context as well as practical insights about fair housing as the member guides a fictional party through a transaction.

Other NAR courses that qualify for the fair housing/anti-bias training credit include the At Home With Diversity certification course, and Bias Override: Overcoming Barriers to Fair Housing. These courses for a fee may be used toward NAR certifications or endorsements like C2EX. 

As a certified real estate continuing education (CE) provider, the WRA will include course learning objectives in its CE curriculum during the 2025-26 biennium.  

For more information about the new requirements, see NAR’s “Fair Housing Training Requirement” webpage.

Course offerings

NAR course offerings 

  • Fairhaven
  • At Home With Diversity
  • Bias Override: Overcoming Barriers to Fair Housing

WRA CE offerings

The 2025-26 Wisconsin real estate continuing education curriculum will include two courses that meet NAR’s new fair housing training:

  • Fair Housing I for Wisconsin Licensees — State Law
  • Fair Housing II for Wisconsin Licensees — Federal Law

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