It is unlawful for any person, real estate broker, real estate salesperson, or corporation;
(A) To refuse to sell, lease, rent, assign, or otherwise transfer the title or other interest in any housing or real property, upon which residential housing is to be constructed, to any person or to discriminate in the terms of conditions of the sale, rental, or leasing of any residential housing unit because of race, sex, religion, disability, familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or any other characteristic protected by federal law;
(B) To refuse to negotiate with any person for the sale, rental, or leasing of any residential property, or to represent that such property is not available for inspection, sale, rental, or lease when in fact it is so available because of a person’s race, sex, religion, disability, familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or any other characteristic protected by federal law;
(C) To solicit or induce, or attempt to solicit or induce, any person owning any interest in any residential housing to sell, rent, or lease, or not to sell, rent, or lease such housing to any person on the ground of loss of value due to the present or prospective entry into the neighborhood of a person or persons of another race, sex, religion, disability, familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or any other characteristic protected by federal law, either by direct solicitation or inducement, or by the purchase of other property in the neighborhood for the purpose of such inducement, or to distribute, or cause to be distributed, material or making statements designed to induce a residential property owner to sell or lease his or her property due to such change in neighborhood; or
(D) To file a complaint alleging a violation of this section with knowledge that such complaint is false in any material respect, or to file such complaint for the sole purpose of harassment.
(Prior Code, § 5-902) (Ord. 92.02, passed 2-12-2024)
Penalty, see § 92.99