Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 39, September 26, 2024
(a) It
shall be unlawful because of race, religion, color, sex, disability, familial
status, national origin or ancestry for an agent, broker, person in the
business of selling or renting or any other person for profit to restrict or
attempt to restrict, by word or conduct, the choices of a person seeking,
negotiating for, buying or renting real property so as to perpetuate, or tend
to perpetuate, segregated housing patterns, or to discourage or obstruct
choices in a community, neighborhood or development.
(b) It shall be unlawful because of race,
religion, color, sex, disability, familial status, national origin or ancestry
to engage in any conduct relating to the provision of housing or of related
services and facilities that otherwise makes unavailable or denies real
property to persons.
(c)
Prohibited actions under subsection (a), generally referred to as unlawful
steering practices, include, but are not limited to:
(1) discouraging any person from inspecting,
purchasing or renting real property because of race, religion, color, sex,
disability, familial status, national origin or ancestry, or because of the
race, religion, color, sex, disability, familial status, national origin or
ancestry of persons in a community, neighborhood or development;
(2) discouraging the purchase or rental of
real property because of race, religion, color, sex, disability, familial
status, national origin or ancestry, by exaggerating drawbacks or failing to
inform any person of desirable features of real property or of a community,
neighborhood, or development;
(3)
communicating to any prospective purchaser or renter that he or she would not
be comfortable or compatible with existing residents of a community,
neighborhood or development because of race, religion, color, sex, disability,
familial status, national origin or ancestry; and
(4) assigning any person to a particular
section of a community, neighborhood or development, or to a particular floor
of a building, because of race, religion, color, sex, disability, familial
status, national origin or ancestry.
(d) Prohibited sales and rental activities
under subsection (b) include, but are not limited to:
(1) discharging or taking other adverse
action against an employee, broker or agent because he or she refused to
participate in a discriminatory housing practice;
(2) employing codes or other devices to
segregate or reject applicants, purchasers or renters;
(3) refusing to take or to show listings of
real property in certain areas because of race, religion, color, sex,
disability, familial status, national origin or ancestry;
(4) denying or delaying the processing of an
application made by a purchaser or renter, or refusing to approve such a person
for occupancy in a cooperative or condominium because of race, color, sex,
disability, familial status, national origin or ancestry; and
(5) refusing to provide municipal services or
property hazard insurance for real property, or providing such services or
insurance differently because of race, color, sex, disability, familial status,
national origin or ancestry.
