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Assistance Animals and Fair Housing

$49
This product includes:
LICENSE RENEWAL PERIOD: 3 YEARS Elective Hours: 4 Mandatory Hours: 0 Total Hours: 4
Description
State Requirements

Must a property manager accept a tenant's emotional support animal, and under what conditions? What proof can a property manager or landlord require of a tenant who claims a need for an emotional support animal? What about homeowners associations—must accommodation be made in these communities?

This course explores the issues and options for landlords and property managers surrounding assistance animals, helping real estate professionals who represent them to ensure that individuals with disabilities have equal access to housing in compliance with the law.

Course highlights include:

  • The evolving fair housing law
  • How the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Fair Housing Act intersect--and don't
  • Types of assistance animals
  • How to handle reasonable requests for accommodation
  • Case studies and legal trends 
  • Examples and scenarios to help apply course content to real life

Note: This course does not meet NAR Fair Housing requirements.

Package Content:

State Requirements For Iowa

Iowa State Requirement Details for Real Estate Continuing Education

Renewal Date: 12/31 every three years

Hours Required: 36 hours

  • 12 hours – Mandatory hours
    • 8 hours law update
    • 4 hours ethics
  • 24 hours – Elective hours

Note: per Iowa state regulations, a maximum of 24 hours may be taken by distance learning during each three-year renewal period. At least 12 hours of continuing education must be taken via live instruction. There is no requirement as to which course or courses are taken via live instruction.

The CE Shop’s Offering: 28 hours

  • 4 hours - mandatory ethics hours
  • 24 hours - elective hours

Provider Approval Number: 244

Reporting: The state does not require schools to report course completions.

Expiration Date of Course: Course expiration dates vary by course. Each individual course will have an expiration date listed in your account. See Terms & Conditions for more details.

Certificates: Immediately upon course completions, The CE Shop will provide students with an electronic copy of the course certificate of completion. Certificates will remain in your account for a minimum of five years, should you need additional copies at a later time. Please refer to your application to determine if you need to submit your certificate(s) of completion. Course completion dates are recorded using Central Standard Time. Please note that the date on your certificate of completion will reflect this.

Final Exam: Final exams must be passed with a minimum of 80% and may be taken as many times as necessary in order to pass.

License Renewal Process: The process to renew in this state is to log in to the licensing system online and follow the prompts to renew. 

Max Hours in a 24-Hour Period: Students will not receive credit for more than 8 hours of continuing education in a 24-hour period. Our online course delivery system manages this requirement for you.

Course Duplication: During each three-year renewal period a course may be taken for credit only once. A course may be repeated for credit ONLY if the course numbers and instructors are different.

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Street Address: 6200 Park Avenue, Suite 100, Des MoinesIA 50321

Telephone: 515.725.9022 x8

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