- Joined
- May 2, 2002
- Professional Status
- Certified General Appraiser
- State
- Arkansas
From TAF
Guidance on Valuation Bias and Fair Housing Laws and Regulations
Course Requirements
Can a CE version of the course count as QE?
Question: What happens when individuals who currently have a credential take a course that meets
the valuation bias and fair housing laws and regulations outline (VB-FH) for the 7-Hour course for
Continuing Education (CE), and then they later upgrade? Do they then have to take the 8-hour VB-
FH course (7 hour plus exam), just the exam, or are they considered grandfathered (with respect to
the exam) because they held a credential at the time the new requirement was implemented?
Answer: CE credit hours cannot be used to satisfy Qualifying Education (QE) requirements, with the
following exception. If an individual seeking to upgrade their credential took a VB-FH 7-hour course
during their most recent CE cycle, a state may recognize the CE course as meeting the QE
requirement if the student takes and passes the required 1-hour exam component of the 8-hour VB-
FH QE requirement. As a result, the student would not need to repeat the course content.
It is important to note that both the CE and QE VB-FH courses must be currently approved by the
state to qualify for this exception.
Can the course include relevant state-specific content?
Question: If a course that is intended to meet the Real Property Qualification Criteria’s outline for
valuation bias and fair housing laws and regulations also includes relevant state-specific course
materials on this topic, is the course eligible for QE or CE approval via the Appraisal Foundation’s
Course Approval Program (CAP)?
Answer: The outline for a course on valuation bias and fair housing laws and regulations in the 2026
Criteria requires education developers to follow the complete outline when developing this course,
which includes the federal fair housing and antidiscrimination laws and regulations topic. As stated,
the requirement for the sections of the course that cover laws and regulations is that the course
addresses federal fair housing and antidiscrimination laws and regulations.