Miscellaneous: Fair Housing and Lead-Based Paint
Area VI, 4 of 100 items, has exactly two lettered subtopics: A. Fair Housing Law and B. Federal lead-based paint law. It is small, but it is not a grab bag — do not confuse it with the salesperson outline's Area X, which is a different list.
Wisconsin's open housing law
Wis. Stat. § 106.50 makes it unlawful to discriminate in housing on the basis of sex, race, color, sexual orientation, disability, religion, national origin, marital status, family status, status as a victim of domestic abuse, sexual assault or stalking, lawful source of income, age, or ancestry. Several of those go beyond the federal Fair Housing Act, which covers race, color, religion, sex, familial status, national origin and disability. 'Age' means at least 18 years of age, and housing for older persons is separately defined around 62 and 55.
Discrimination and the licensee
Wis. Admin. Code § REEB 24.03 (1) forbids licensees to discriminate against, deny equal services to, or join any plan or agreement to discriminate against a person in any manner unlawful under applicable federal, state or local fair housing law. Wis. Stat. § 452.23 (1) goes further and forbids a licensee to disclose information whose disclosure would itself constitute unlawful housing discrimination. Both the WB-1 and the WB-36 print a non-discrimination clause listing the Wisconsin protected classes.
Federal lead-based paint disclosure
40 CFR part 745 subpart F implements 42 U.S.C. 4852d. Target housing is housing built before 1978, excluding housing for the elderly or persons with disabilities and 0-bedroom dwellings unless a child under 6 resides or is expected to reside there. Before the purchaser is obligated, the seller must give the EPA lead hazard pamphlet, disclose known lead-based paint and hazards, provide available records and reports, and permit a 10-day period to conduct a risk assessment or inspection unless the parties agree in writing on a different period. The contract must carry the Lead Warning Statement and the signed certifications listed in 40 CFR 745.113 (a).
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State-specific details
State exam facts
- State regulator
- Wisconsin Dept. of Safety and Professional Services (DSPS)
- Exam vendor
- Pearson VUE
- Prelicensing education
- 72-hour approved broker program (or 20 semester-hour credits, or a Wisconsin law license)
- Passing score
- Scaled score of 75 on a 0-100 scale
- Scored questions
- 100
- Time limit
- 195 minutes
Who regulates real estate brokers in Wisconsin?
The Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services (DSPS), through the Real Estate Examining Board, licenses real estate brokers under Wis. Stat. ch. 452 and the board's rules in chs. REEB 11 to 25. DSPS contracts with Pearson VUE to deliver the exams.
What education do I need before the Wisconsin broker exam?
Per the Pearson VUE Wisconsin Real Estate Candidate Handbook, broker applicants must first satisfy the salesperson education and examination requirements or hold a Wisconsin salesperson license, and then complete one of three routes: an approved broker education program (72 hours for resident applicants), 20 semester-hour credits in real estate or real-estate-related law at an accredited institution, or a license to practice law in Wisconsin. Wisconsin sets no fixed period of salesperson experience for the broker license.
How is the Wisconsin broker exam structured?
The Wisconsin broker exam is a single 100-question all-Wisconsin paper, plus 5 to 10 unidentified pretest items, with 3.25 hours allotted. There is no national portion: the Pearson VUE broker content outline (#095006) publishes six Wisconsin areas summing to 100 items — Real Estate Practice 19, Trust Accounts 12, Conduct and Ethical Practices 22, Approved Forms and Legal Advice 6, Drafting and Supervision Knowledge 37, and Miscellaneous 4. Passing is a scaled score of 75 on a 0-100 converted scale set by DSPS, which the handbook notes is neither the number nor the percentage of questions answered correctly. The exam fee is $65.
Sources: https://www.pearsonvue.com/content/dam/VUE/vue/en/documents/publications/095006.pdf, https://www.pearsonvue.com/content/dam/VUE/vue/en/documents/publications/095000.pdf, https://dsps.wi.gov/Pages/Professions/REBroker/Exams.aspx, https://www.pearsonvue.com/us/en/wi/realestate.html
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