Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 8 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Division 60 - Missouri Commission on Human Rights
Chapter 4 - Guidelines and Interpretations of Fair Housing Sections of the Missouri Human Rights Act
Section 8 CSR 60-4.015 - Inquiries Regarding Persons with Disabilities

Universal Citation: 8 MO Code of State Regs 60-4.015

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 18, September 16, 2024

PURPOSE: This rule clarifies lawful and unlawful inquiries regarding the disabilities of an applicant for a dwelling, a person intending to reside in that dwelling, or any person associated with that person.

(1) It shall be unlawful to make inquiry to determine whether an applicant for a dwelling, a person intending to reside in that dwelling after it is so sold, rented, or made available, or any person associated with that person, has a disability or to make inquiry as to the nature or severity of a disability the person may have. However, this section does not prohibit the following inquiries, provided these inquiries are made of all applicants, whether or not they have disabilities:

(A) Is an applicant able to meet the requirements of ownership or tenancy?

(B) Is an applicant qualified for a dwelling available only to persons with disabilities or to persons with a particular type of disability?

(C) Is an applicant for a dwelling qualified for a priority available to persons with disabilities or to persons with a particular type of disability?

(D) Is an applicant for a dwelling a current illegal abuser or addict of a controlled substance? and

(E) Has an applicant been convicted of the illegal manufacture or distribution of a controlled substance?

*Original authority: 213.030, RSMo 1959, amended 1978, 1986, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1998 and 213.040, RSMo 1986, amended 1992, 1998.

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