Real Estate Exam [California] 45, Fair Housing, FEHA, Unruh, and Rumford

Real Estate Exam [California] 45, Fair Housing, FEHA, Unruh, and Rumford

From Real Estate Exam Prep by Ran Chen, EA, CFP®

July 18, 2026 · 4 min

About this episode

This episode covers California's fair housing laws and their broader protections compared to federal laws.

This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams. In this episode you will learn: - California's fair housing laws (FEHA, Unruh, Rumford) provide significantly broader protections than the federal Fair Housing Act. - Key protected classes unique to California include source of income, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and marital status. - The Unruh Civil Rights Act applies to all business establishments, prohibiting discrimination in a wider context than just housing transactions. - The critical differences between illegal steering (guiding clients), blockbusting (panic selling), and redlining (lender discrimination by area). - The distinction between a landlord's duty to permit a tenant-paid 'reasonable modification' (a physical change) versus providing a landlord-paid 'reasonable accommodation' (a policy change) for a disability. For more free exam prep tools, practice questions, and AI-powered explanations…

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Organizations: California Fair Employment and Housing Act, Unruh Civil Rights Act, Rumford, Fair Housing Act

Places: California

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