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26 8812

VA EQUAL OPPORTUNITY LENDER CERTIFICATION

To induce the Department of Veterans Affairs to act on any veteran’s application submitted by or on behalf of

the undersigned lender, the undersigned hereby agrees:

1. That neither the lender nor anyone authorized to act for it will deny a VA loan to a veteran or discriminate in

the fixing of the terms or conditions of such loan because of his or her race, color, religion, sex, handicap,

familial status, or national origin;

2. To apprise minority and female veterans of the availability of VA financing offered by the lender by

conforming all advertising to the VA Advertising Guidelines for Fair Housing;

3. To prominently display the Equal Opportunity Lender poster in each place of business where VA loans are

offered by the lender;

4. To incorporate the equal housing opportunity logo, slogan or statement as outlined in the VA Advertising

Guidelines for Fair Housing in all advertising, including outdoor signs, radio, television, newspapers and other

printed materials;

5. That noncompliance with the foregoing requirements may constitute a basis for the Secretary to refuse to

accept applications from the lender. The Secretary may also refuse to accept applications where the lender

has been denied participation in HUD Programs.

ADDRESS OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTION

DATE

VAFORM26-8812,APR1990

SIGNATURE

NAME(TypeorPrint)

TITLE

FINANCIAL INSTITUTION

NOTE: Compliance with requirements of a Federal regulatory agency in respect to advertising guidelines and

poster requirements shall be deemed to comply with Paragraphs 2, 3, and 4 above.

SEE REVERSE FOR VA ADVERTISING GUIDELINES FOR FAIR HOUSING

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

ADVERTISING GUIDELINES FOR FAIR HOUSING

Section 804(c) of Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as amended, prohibits advertising housing for sale

or rent in a manner that indicates a preference for or against potential home buyers because of their race,

color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin.

Section 805 of Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as amended, prohibits financial institutions from

denying residential loans or financial assistance because of the applicant’s race, color, religion, sex, handicap,

familial status, or national origin.

For persons engaged in or associated with advertising the availability of residential financing, the following

guidelines are provided to assist in complying with the VA’s equal opportunity program.

1. All advertising of residential financing will contain an Equal Housing Opportunity logo, slogan or

statement as a means of advising the homeseeking public that financing is available to all persons regardless

of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin.

a. Equal Housing Opportunity Logo:

If other logos are used in the advertisement, then the Equal Housing Opportunity logo should be of a size

comparable to other logos.

b. Equal Housing Opportunity Slogan: EQUAL OPPORTUNITY LENDER

c. Equal Housing Opportunity Statement: We are pledged to the letter and spirit of the United States

policy for the achievement of equal housing opportunity throughout the Nation. We encourage and support an

affirmative advertising and marketing program in which there are no barriers to obtaining housing because of

race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin.

2. If human models are used in display advertising campaigns, the models will be clearly definable as

reasonably representing all potential homebuyers in the metropolitan area. Models, if used, will indicate to the

general public that the residential financing offered is open to all without regard to race, color, religion, sex,

handicap, familial status, or national origin.

3. It should be noted that selective use of these guidelines could be considered an effort to circumvent fair

housing advertising, and thereby in noncompliance with Federal regulations. Selective use is defined as using

the guidelines or the Equal Housing Opportunity logo or slogan only:

a. when advertising financing for a particular housing development, and not another development with

housing units for which financing is also available; or

b. in advertising media that reaches a limited or particular section of the community to the exclusion of

other geographic sections within the same community.