South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 65 - SOUTH CAROLINA HUMAN AFFAIRS COMMISSION
Subchapter 2 - FAIR HOUSING
Article 1 - DISCRIMINATORY CONDUCT
Section 65-219 - Interference, Coercion or Intimidation

Universal Citation: SC Code Regs 65-219

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 3, March 22, 2024

(1) This Section provides the Commission's interpretation of the conduct that is unlawful under the South Carolina Fair Housing Law.

(2) It shall be unlawful to coerce, intimidate, threaten or interfere with any person in the exercise or enjoyment of, or on account of that person having exercised or enjoyed, or on account of that person having aided or encouraged enjoyment of, any right granted or protected by this section.

(3) Conduct made unlawful under this section includes, but is not limited to, the following:

(a) Coercing a person, either orally, in writing, or by other means, to deny or limit the benefits provided that person in connection with the sale or rental of a dwelling or in connection with a residential real estate related transaction because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin.

(b) Threatening, intimidating or interfering with persons in their enjoyment of a dwelling because of the race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin of such persons, or of visitors or associates of such persons.

(c) Threatening an employee or agent with dismissal or an adverse employment action, or taking such adverse employment action, for any effort to assist a person seeking access to the sale or rental of a dwelling or seeking access to any residential real estate related transaction, because of the race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin of that person or of any person associated with that person.

(d) Intimidating or threatening any person because that person is engaging in activities designed to make other persons aware of, or encouraging such other persons to exercise, rights granted or protected by this section.

(e) Retaliating against any person because that person has made a complaint, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in a proceeding under the Fair Housing Law.

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