(A) In furthering the policy of the state as expressed in its Constitution and other laws; in order that the safety and general welfare, peace, and health of all the inhabitants of the village may be ensured, it is hereby declared the policy of the village to assure equal opportunity to all residents, regardless of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, creed, or physical disability to live in decent, sanitary, healthful, standard living quarters.
(B) It is the policy of the village that no owner, lessee, sublessee, assignee, managing agent, or other person, firm, or corporation having the right to sell, rent, lease, or otherwise control any housing accommodation and/or real property within the village, or any agent of these, shall refuse to sell, rent, lease, or otherwise deny to or withhold from any person or group of persons such housing accommodations and/or real property because of the race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, creed, or disability of such person or persons or discriminate against any person or persons because of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, creed, or disability in the conditions, terms, privileges of the sale, rental, or lease of any housing accommodation and/or real property or in the furnishing of facilities and/or services in connection therewith.
(C) Relocation shall be carried out in a manner that will promote maximum choice within the community’s total housing supply; lessen racial, ethnic, and economic concentrations; and facilitate desegregation and racially inclusive patterns of occupancy and use of public and private facilities.
(Prior Code, § 1-11-1) (Ord. 610, passed 3-3-2003) Penalty, see § 93.99
For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
DECENT, SANITARY, HEALTHFUL STANDARD LIVING QUARTERS. Housing which is in a sound, clean, and weathertight condition in conformance with applicable local, state, and national codes.
DISCRIMINATE or DISCRIMINATION. Any difference expressed in any way toward a person or persons in the terms of the sale, exchange, lease, rental, or financing for housing accommodation and/or real property in regard to such sale, exchange, rental, lease, or finance because of the race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, creed, or disability of such person.
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION. Any person, institution, or business entity of any kind which loans money to persons and receives as security for said loans a secured interest of any kind in the real property of the borrower.
HOUSING ACCOMMODATION. Includes any building, structure, or portion thereof which is used or occupied, maintained, arranged, or designed to be used or occupied as a home, residence, or sleeping place of one or more human beings, or any real estate so used, designed, or intended for such use.
OWNER. Any person/persons who hold legal or equitable title to, or owns any beneficial interest in, any real property or who hold legal or equitable title to shares of, or hold any beneficial interest in any real estate cooperative which owns any real property and/or housing accommodations.
REAL ESTATE BROKER. Any person, partnership, association, corporation, and/or agent thereof, who for a fee or other valuable consideration offers, sells, purchases, exchanges, or rents, or negotiates for the sale, purchase, exchange, or rental of, a housing accommodation and/or real property of another, or collects rent for the use of housing accommodation and/or real property of another.
REAL PROPERTY. Any real estate, vacant land, building, structure, or housing accommodations within the corporate limits of the village.
(Prior Code, § 1-11-2) (Ord. 610, passed 3-3-2003)
(A) It shall be unlawful for any owner of real estate, lessee, sublessee, real estate broker, or salesperson, financial institution, or employee of the financial institution, advertiser, or agent of any or all of the foregoing, to discriminate against any person or persons because of their race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, creed, or disability with regard to the sale, exchange, or rental, or any dealing concerning any housing accommodation and/or real property.
(B) In addition to the foregoing, it shall also be unlawful for any real estate broker or employee thereof, owner or other persons, or financial institution dealing with housing or real property in the village:
(1) To discriminate against any person in the availability of or the price, terms, conditions, or privileges of any kind relating to the sale, rental, lease, or occupancy of any housing accommodation or real property in the village or in the furnishing of any facilities or services in connection therewith;
(2) To publish or circulate, or cause to be published or circulated, any notice, statement, or advertisement, or to announce a policy, or to use any form of application, for the purchase, lease, rental, or financing of real property, or to make any record of inquiry in connection with the prospective purchase, rental, or lease of such real estate, which expresses, directly or indirectly, any discrimination as to race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, creed, or disability of any person;
(3) To discriminate in connection with lending money, guaranteeing loans, accepting mortgages or otherwise obtaining or making available funds for the purchase, acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair, or maintenance of any housing accommodation and/or real property;
(4) To solicit for sale, lease, or listing for the sale or lease, of any housing accommodation and/or real property on the grounds of loss of value because of the present or prospective entry into any neighborhood of any person or persons of any particular race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, creed, or disability;
(5) To distribute, or cause to be distributed, written material or statements designed to induce any owner or any housing accommodation and/or real property to sell or lease his or her property because of any present or prospective change in the race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, creed, or disability of persons in the neighborhood;
(6) To make any misrepresentations concerning the listing for sale or the anticipated listing for sale or the sale of any housing accommodation and/or real property for the purpose of inducing or attempting to induce the sale or listing for sale of any housing accommodation and/or real property by representing that the presence or anticipated presence of persons of any particular race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, creed, or disability in the area will or may result in the lowering of property values in the block, neighborhood, or area in which the property is located; or
(7) For any owner to solicit any real estate broker to sell, rent, or otherwise deal with such owner’s housing accommodations and/or real property with any limitation on its sale based on race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, creed, or disability of the proposed buyer or tenant.
(Prior Code, § 1-11-3) (Ord. 610, passed 3-3-2003) Penalty, see § 93.99
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