{"content":[{"text":"REALTORS® Support \n Fair Housing & \n Diversity Education","bbox":{"left":0.110152,"top":0.135465,"width":0.36102899999999993,"height":0.09623600000000002}},{"text":"The Massachusetts Association of REALTORS® (MAR), \n a 95‐year old professional trade association with \n 25,000 members, supports a new bill (H.333/S.204) \n requiring fair housing and diversity education for \n MA real estate licensees.","bbox":{"left":0.111616,"top":0.289054,"width":0.42438900000000007,"height":0.08909100000000003}},{"text":"","bbox":{"left":0.124814,"top":0.401321,"width":0.009001999999999996,"height":0.018562000000000023}},{"text":"Fair Housing Law Touches Every Transaction \n – therefore it is essential that licensees know \n and understand how it works.","bbox":{"left":0.150958,"top":0.405191,"width":0.361703,"height":0.05446099999999998}},{"text":"","bbox":{"left":0.124814,"top":0.486626,"width":0.009001999999999996,"height":0.018561999999999967}},{"text":"Hours Requirements – the bill requires 4 of 40 \n licensing course hours and 2 of 12 biannual \n continuing education hours be completed \n in fair housing law or diversity and inclusion \n in real estate.","bbox":{"left":0.150386,"top":0.490495,"width":0.367669,"height":0.08914700000000009}},{"text":"","bbox":{"left":0.124814,"top":0.60498,"width":0.009001999999999996,"height":0.018561999999999967}},{"text":"Technical Cleanup – in addition to removing \n decades old effective dates, the bill also \n alleviates misalignment with licensing \n provisions to incentivize new licensees to \n take continuing education courses earlier in \n their first renewal cycle.","bbox":{"left":0.150386,"top":0.60885,"width":0.350383,"height":0.1076140000000001}},{"text":"2021","bbox":{"left":0.110922,"top":0.753074,"width":0.05133,"height":0.017676999999999943}},{"text":"Massachusetts Association of REALTORS® \n Contact: Justin Davidson \n jdavidson@MARealtor.com","bbox":{"left":0.110135,"top":0.796814,"width":0.366143,"height":0.0625}}],"images_bbox":[{"left":0.659216,"top":0.829697,"width":0.247059,"height":0.123939}],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[{"left":0.659216,"top":0.829697,"width":0.247059,"height":0.123939}]}