Disability / Fair Housing phrase guide
Is "walking distance" OK in a listing? It depends
Depends Context matters: fine in some uses, a problem in others. Both sides are explained below.
Why
On the caution side of LIBOR, NYPA and CRMLS. It's subjective and can read as excluding people who don't walk. HUD's memo is fine with neighborhood descriptions like "walk to bus-stop", so name the distance (0.4 mi) or say "convenient to" (NYPA and CRMLS acceptable).
Safer wording
- convenient to
- a short distance to
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- Long Island Board of REALTORS®: Fair Housing Advertising Word and Phrase Guidelines (Mar. 2025)
- Fair Housing Advertising Word and Phrase List (New York Press Assn.; source: Oklahoma Press Assn.)
- CRMLS Fair Housing Word & Phrase List (Apr. 2021)
- HUD "Achtenberg memo": Guidance Regarding Advertisements Under §804(c), Jan. 9, 1995
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Not legal advice. Word lists can't judge context, and laws differ by state and city. Rule dis-walking-distance, ListingLint rules v2026.10.1.