131.01 Purpose and Declaration of Policy | 131.12 Other Violations |
131.02 Construction | 131.13 Fair Housing Board |
131.03 Definitions | 131.14 Fair Housing Board Duties and Powers |
131.04 Discriminatory Terms | 131.15 Complaints; Conciliation |
131.05 Refusal to Negotiate | 131.16 Hearings by Board |
131.06 Withholding Housing | 131.17 Enforcement |
131.07 Advertisements, Signs and Notices | 131.18 Limitation of Time to File Complaints |
131.08 Refusal of Offers | 131.19 Remedies |
131.09 Discrimination in Lending | 131.20 Temporary Court Order |
131.10 Licensing | 131.21 Judicial Review of Board Order |
131.11 Representation | |
It is declared to be the purpose of this chapter and the policy of the City, in the exercise of its police and regulatory powers for the protection of the public safety, for the health, morals, safety, and welfare of the persons in and residing in the City, and for the maintenance and promotion of commerce, industry and good government in the City, to secure for all persons living and/or working or desiring to live and/or work in the City a fair opportunity to purchase, lease, rent, or occupy real estate without discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, physical limitations, source of income, family responsibilities, educational association, sexual orientation or national origin.
This chapter shall be construed according to the fair import of its terms and shall be liberally construed to further the purpose and policy stated in Section 131.01 and the special purposes of the particular provision involved.
For the purposes of this chapter:
1. “Age” means chronological age.
2. “Board” means the Fair Housing Board.
3. “Education association” means the fact of being enrolled or not being enrolled at any educational institution.
4. “Family responsibilities” means the state of being or the potential to become a contributor to the support of an individual or individuals in a dependent relationship.
5. “Lease” includes sublease, assignment, and rental, and includes any contract to do any of the foregoing.
6. “Lending institution” means any bank, insurance company, savings and loan association, or any other person in the business of lending money or guaranteeing loans, any person of obtaining, arranging, or negotiating loans or guarantees as agent or broker, and any person in the business of buying or selling loans or instruments for the payment of money which are secured by title to or a security interest in real estate.
7. “Marital status” means the state of being married, unmarried, divorced, or widowed.
8. “National origin” includes the national origin of an ancestor.
9. “Owner” means any person who holds legal or equitable title to, owns any beneficial interest in any real property, or who holds legal or equitable title to shares of, or who holds any beneficial interest in any real estate cooperative which owns any real property.
10. “Panel” means a panel comprised of three or more members of the Board, designated by the Chairperson of the Board, to investigate and to attempt to conciliate a complaint filed or made under Section 131.15.
11. “Person” includes one or more individuals, corporations, partnerships, associations, legal representatives, mutual companies, unincorporated organizations, trusts, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy, receivers, and fiduciaries.
12. “Physical limitation” means a limitation of physical capabilities unrelated to one’s ability to safely perform the work involved in jobs or positions available to such person for hire or promotion or a limitation of physical capabilities unrelated to one’s ability to acquire, rent, and maintain property. “Physical limitation” includes, but is not limited to, blindness or partial sightedness, deafness or hearing impairment, muteness, partial or total absence of physical member, speech impairment and motor impairment.
13. “Purchase” includes any contract to purchase. “Sale” includes any contract to sell, exchange, or to convey, transfer, or assign legal or equitable title to or a beneficial interest in real property.
14. “Real estate broker” means any person licensed as a real estate broker in accordance with the provisions of Section 117.3, Code of Iowa, or required thereby to be so licensed. “Real estate agent” means any real estate broker, any real estate salesman, and any other person who, as employee or agent or otherwise, engages in the management or operation of any real property.
15. “Real estate transaction” means the purchase, sale, exchange, rental, or lease of any real property, or an option to do any of the foregoing.
16. “Real property” means any real estate, vacant land, building, or structure, or any part thereof, within the City limits.
17. “Sexual orientation” means any male or female homosexuality, heterosexuality or bisexuality, by preference or practice.
18. “Source of income” means any legal source from which a person obtains money.
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