🛡️ FairProp AI

Scalable AI-Powered Fair Housing Compliance Screening

A production-ready framework for real estate platforms, SaaS providers, and compliance pipelines.

300+ Rules • 100+ Jurisdictions • 1000+ Triggers • Neuro-Symbolic AI

🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇦🇺 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 Supporting Multi-Jurisdictional Compliance (US, Canada, EU, Australia, UK)

Powered by FairProp Inspector: Our open-source, edge-native compliance engine.

Features • Quick Start • Real World Examples • Documentation • API • Contributing

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🌍 Global Coverage at Scale

🇺🇸 North America 180 rules (15 states + 20 cities)	🇪🇺 Europe 18 countries	🌏 Asia-Pacific 12 regions
� Middle East 4 countries	� Africa 5 countries	🌎 Latin America 8 countries

Supported Regions:

• 🇺🇸 United States: All 50 states + DC + Federal FHA
• 🇨🇦 Canada: Federal + Provincial (ON, BC, QC)
• �� UK • 🇩🇪 Germany • 🇫🇷 France • 🇪🇸 Spain • 🇮🇹 Italy • 🇳🇱 Netherlands
• �🇳 China • 🇯🇵 Japan • 🇰🇷 South Korea • 🇮🇳 India • 🇸🇬 Singapore
• 🇦🇺 Australia (+ 3 states) • 🇳🇿 New Zealand
• �🇷 Brazil • 🇲🇽 Mexico • 🇦🇷 Argentina • 🇨🇱 Chile
• 🇦🇪 UAE • 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia • 🇮🇱 Israel • 🇹🇷 Turkey
• �🇦 South Africa • 🇳🇬 Nigeria • 🇰🇪 Kenya • 🇪🇬 Egypt

📊 View Full Coverage Statistics

Metric	Count
Total Jurisdictions	100+
Countries	40+
US States	50 + DC
Languages Supported	20+
Protected Categories	150+
Active Rules	300+

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⚡ Features

🧠 Neuro-Symbolic AI Architecture

Layer 1: Rule-Based Regex + Fuzzy Matching Deterministic & Explainable < 1ms latency Zero false positives

Layer 2: Semantic Search SentenceTransformers ChromaDB Vector Store Catches paraphrases ~10ms latency

Layer 3: Neural Guardrail Zero-Shot Classification BART-large-MNLI (406M params) Intent detection ~100ms latency

🚀 Production-Ready Features

graph LR
    A[Input Text] --> B{Cache Check}
    B -->|Hit| C[Return Cached Result]
    B -->|Miss| D[3-Layer Detection]
    D --> E[Rule-Based]
    D --> F[Semantic Search]
    D --> G[Neural Guardrail]
    E --> H[Aggregate Results]
    F --> H
    G --> H
    H --> I[Cache & Return]

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• ⚡ 100x Performance: LRU caching with SHA-256 keys
• 📦 Batch Processing: Native batch API for high-volume scanning
• 🔄 Hot-Reload: Update rules without downtime
• 🌐 REST API: FastAPI with auto-generated Swagger docs
• 🔌 Browser Extension: Real-time checking on Zillow, Realtor.com
• 🔒 Audit Trail: Cryptographically signed compliance certificates
• 📊 Analytics: Usage tracking and violation rate monitoring
• 🖼️ Multi-Modal: Text + Image (OCR) + Logo detection
• 🔐 Privacy-First: 100% local execution, no data leaves your machine

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🚀 Quick Start

Installation

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/ZheWang-stack/FairProp-AI.git
cd fairprop

# Install with all dependencies
pip install -e .

Basic Usage

from fairprop import FairHousingAuditor

# Initialize with global jurisdictions
auditor = FairHousingAuditor(
    jurisdictions=['california', 'uk', 'germany', 'singapore']
)

# Scan text
report = auditor.scan_text("Perfect for young professionals near churches")

# Results
print(f"Compliance Score: {report['score']}/100")
print(f"Safe to Publish: {report['is_safe']}")
print(f"Violations Found: {len(report['flagged_items'])}")

CLI Power User

# Single jurisdiction
fairprop scan listing.txt -j california

# Multi-jurisdiction compliance
fairprop scan listing.txt -j california -j nyc -j uk -j germany

# AI-powered fix suggestions
fairprop fix "Perfect for young bachelor"
# Output: "Perfect for a single person"

# Batch processing
find ./listings -name "*.txt" -exec fairprop scan {} -j california \;

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🔌 REST API

Start Server

python api_server.py
# API available at http://localhost:8000
# Docs at http://localhost:8000/docs

API Examples

Single Scan

curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/api/scan \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "text": "Luxury apartment perfect for young professionals",
    "jurisdictions": ["california", "nyc"],
    "use_cache": true
  }'

Response:

{
  "score": 75,
  "is_safe": true,
  "flagged_items": [
    {
      "id": "FHA-AGE-001",
      "category": "Age (Implicit)",
      "severity": "Warning",
      "found_word": "young professionals",
      "suggestion": "Remove age-related language. Describe property features instead."
    }
  ]
}

Batch Processing

curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/api/scan/batch \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "items": [
      {"text": "First listing", "jurisdictions": ["california"]},
      {"text": "Second listing", "jurisdictions": ["uk", "germany"]}
    ]
  }'

Response:

{
  "results": [...],
  "total_scanned": 2,
  "total_violations": 0
}

Hot-Reload Rules

curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/api/reload-rules

Response:

{
  "status": "success",
  "message": "Rules reloaded: 251 → 300",
  "old_count": 251,
  "new_count": 300
}

API Endpoints

Endpoint	Method	Description
/api/scan	POST	Single text scan
/api/scan/batch	POST	Batch processing
/api/reload-rules	POST	Hot-reload rules
/api/health	GET	Health check
/api/stats	GET	Usage statistics
/docs	GET	Interactive API docs

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� Performance Benchmarks

Metric	Value	Notes
Cache Hit Latency	< 1ms	SHA-256 LRU cache
Cache Miss Latency	< 200ms	Full 3-layer scan
Throughput	1000+ req/s	With caching enabled
Batch Processing	100+ items	Single API call
Memory Footprint	~2GB	With AI models loaded
Startup Time	~50ms	Lazy model loading

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🏗️ Tech Stack

Core Technologies

AI/ML Stack:

• 🤗 HuggingFace Transformers - BART, Flan-T5
• 🔍 SentenceTransformers - all-MiniLM-L6-v2 (22M params)
• 🗄️ ChromaDB - Vector database for semantic search
• 🧮 NumPy + OpenCV - Computer vision for logo detection

Backend:

• ⚡ FastAPI - High-performance async API
• 🎨 Streamlit - Interactive web dashboard
• 🔧 Typer + Rich - Beautiful CLI
• 📝 Pydantic - Data validation

DevOps:

• 🐳 Docker - Containerization
• ⚙️ GitHub Actions - CI/CD pipeline
• 📊 Pytest - Testing framework
• 🔍 Pylint - Code quality

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� Documentation

Document	Description
API Reference	Complete REST API documentation
Deployment Guide	Docker, Kubernetes, Cloud deployment
Architecture	System design and technical deep-dive
Rule Authoring	How to create custom compliance rules
Global Reference	Complete jurisdiction list with examples

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� Use Cases

🏢 Enterprise Real Estate Brokerages: Scan 1000s of listings pre-publication MLS Systems: Automated compliance at upload Property Management: Rental ad compliance Legal Teams: Generate compliance certificates

👨‍💻 Developers API Integration: RESTful API for existing platforms Browser Extension: Real-time checking Batch Processing: High-volume automation Custom Rules: Jurisdiction-specific compliance

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🤝 Contributing

We ❤️ contributions! FairProp is built by the community, for the community.

Quick Contribution Guide

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

Adding New Jurisdictions

# 1. Create rule file
touch rules/international/your_country.json

# 2. Add to jurisdiction map
# Edit fairprop/auditor.py

# 3. Test
fairprop scan test.txt -j your_country

# 4. Submit PR!

See CONTRIBUTING.md and Rule Authoring Guide for details.

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🌟 Roadmap

• Multi-language NLP - Native support for non-English text
• Fine-tuned Models - Domain-specific BERT for fair housing
• Mobile App - iOS/Android with OCR scanning
• Plugin System - Extensible architecture for custom checks
• Real-time Dashboard - Analytics and monitoring UI
• More Jurisdictions - Expand to 200+ regions

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📜 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

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🙏 Acknowledgments

Built on the shoulders of giants:

• Acknowledgement: This project builds upon the architectural concepts of the fair-housing-guardrail model open-sourced by Zillow Group. We extend our gratitude to Zillow for their contribution to the open-source community.
• Powered by HuggingFace Transformers
• API framework by FastAPI
• Vector search by ChromaDB

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📞 Support & Community

• 🐛 Bug Reports: GitHub Issues
• 💬 Discussions: GitHub Discussions
• 📖 Documentation: docs/
• ⭐ Star this repo if you find it useful!

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Built with ❤️ for fair housing worldwide

⚠️ LEGAL DISCLAIMER: SCREENING TOOL ONLY

FairProp-AI is an automated compliance screening tool. It does NOT provide legal advice or definitive legal determinations.

• The use of this tool does not guarantee compliance with the Fair Housing Act or any other law.
• Results are probabilistic and based on heuristic rules.
• ALWAYS consult a qualified attorney for final review of real estate advertisements.

Read Full Legal Notice

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