Discrimination in housing on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, familial status, and disability is prohibited by federal and state law. Under the Federal Fair Housing Act and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (the Acts), refusing residency to persons with disabilities, or placing conditions on their residency, and refusal to make reasonable accommodations in rules, policies, practices, or services when such accommodations may be necessary to afford a person with a disability the equal opportunity to use and enjoy a dwelling is discrimination. The Acts requires that housing providers allow residents to make reasonable structural modifications to units and public/common areas in a dwelling when those modifications may be necessary for a person with a disability to have full enjoyment of a dwelling. With very few exceptions, the Acts apply to privately and publicly owned housing, including housing subsidized by the federal government or rented through the use of Section 8 voucher assistance.
[Ord. No. 623, Section 4, 4/27/22.]