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Fair housing checker for listing descriptions
Paste the remarks you are about to publish. Risky phrases light up with a rewrite hint, and the counter shows how close you are to your board's character limit. Free, instant, in your browser.
Runs in your browser. Nothing you paste is stored or sent to us.
Result
Waiting for textFlagged phrases are highlighted here with a rewrite hint for each one.
Send the facts, get an MLS description within your limit plus a long version, three captions and hashtags — every draft passes this check before it is delivered. $9, about 5 minutes.
Write my listing — $9What gets flagged
The list the checker uses, with the protected class each phrase touches.
- Riskperfect for families — familial status
- Riskfamily-friendly — familial status
- Riskideal/great for families — familial status
- Stylefamily home / family room — familial status
- Riskbachelor pad — familial status / sex
- Riskchristian / religious reference — religion
- Riskno kids / no children — familial status
- Riskadults only — familial status
- Risksafe neighborhood — implied national origin / race
- Riskexclusive neighborhood — implied exclusion
- Riskwalking distance to a place of worship — religion
- Riskgreat for singles / couples — familial status / age
- Riskmature adults / seniors — age / familial status
- Riskempty nesters / retirees — age / familial status
- Stylehandicapped — disability (wording)
- Riskethnic / nationality reference — national origin / race
- Stylemaster bedroom — style (many MLS boards now use “primary”)
Questions
- What does the checker look for?
- A lexicon of 17 phrases that describe who should live in a home instead of the home itself — familial status (“perfect for families”, “no kids”), religion (“near the church”), age (“mature adults”), national origin and disability wording — plus style flags such as “master bedroom”, which many MLS boards now replace with “primary”.
- Is a clean result a legal guarantee?
- No. It catches the common phrases; it does not read intent or context, and state and local rules add their own restrictions. Treat it as a first pass, not legal advice.
- Where does my text go?
- Nowhere. The check runs in your browser with a fixed word list. We record only that the tool was used, never the text.
- Why do MLS character limits matter?
- Most boards cut public remarks at 1,000 characters (some at 500 or 1,500). Copy that is trimmed by the system usually loses the call to action at the end — the open house, the agent, the link.
Why these phrases, what HUD allows, and a safer alternative for each: Fair housing words to avoid →
Done for you
Listing Description — $9
Send the address, price, stats and the five things worth mentioning. About five minutes later: an MLS description within your limit, a long version for your site, three captions, hashtags and an email blurb — checked with these same rules before delivery.