No person shall:
(a) Refuse to sell, transfer, assign, rent, lease, sublease, finance, or otherwise deny or withhold housing accommodations from any person because of the race, color, religion, sex, ancestry, handicap, or national origin of any prospective owner, occupant, or user of such housing;
(b) Represent to any person that housing is not available for inspection when in fact it is available;
(c) Refuse to lend money, whether or not secured by mortgage or otherwise, for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair or maintenance of housing or otherwise withhold financing of housing from any person because of the race, color, religion, sex, ancestry, handicap or national origin of any present or prospective owner, occupant, or user of such housing, provided such person, whether an individual, corporation or association of any type, lends money as one of the principal aspects or incident to his principal business and not only as a part of the purchase price of an owner-occupied residence he is selling nor merely casually or occasionally to a relative or friend;
(d) Discriminate against any person in the terms or conditions of selling, transferring, assigning, renting, leasing or subleasing any housing or in furnishing facilities, services, or privileges in connection with the ownership, occupancy or use of any housing because of the race, color, religion, sex, ancestry, handicap or national origin of any present or prospective owner, occupant or user of such housing;
(e) Discriminate against any person in the terms or conditions of any loan of money, whether or not secured by mortgage or otherwise, for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair or maintenance of housing because of the race, color, religion, sex, ancestry, handicap or national origin of any present or prospective owner, occupant or user of such housing;
(f) Refuse to consider without prejudice the combined income of both husband and wife for the purpose of extending mortgage credit to a married couple or either member thereof;
(g) Print, publish, or circulate any statement or advertisement relating to the sale, transfer, assignment, rental, lease, sublease or acquisition of any housing or the loan of money, whether or not secured by mortgage or otherwise, for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair or maintenance of housing which indicates any preference, limitation, specification or discrimination based upon race, color, religion, sex, ancestry, handicap or national origin;
(h) Make any inquiry, elicit any information, make or keep any record, or use any form of application containing questions or entries concerning race, color, religion, sex, ancestry, handicap or national origin in connection with the sale or lease of any housing or the loan of any money, whether or not secured by mortgage or otherwise, for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair or maintenance of housing;
(i) Include in any transfer, rental or lease of housing any restrictive covenant, or honor or exercise or attempt to honor or exercise, any restrictive covenant, provided that the prior inclusion of a restirctive ocovenant in the chain of title shall not be deemed a violation of this provision;
(j) Induce or solicit or attempt to induce or solicit a housing listing, sale, or transaction by representing that a change has occurred or may occur with respect to the racial, religious, sexual, or ethnic composition of the block, neighborhood, or area in which the property is located, or induce or solicit or attempt to induce or solicit such sale or listing by representing that the presence or anticipated presence of persons of any race, color, religion, sex, ancestry, handicap, or national origin, in the area will or may have results such as the following:
(1) The lowering of property values;
(2) A change in the racial, religious, sexual, or ethnic composition of the block, neighborhood, or area in which the property is located;
(3) An increase in criminal or antisocial behavior in the area;
(4) A decline in the quality of the schools serving the area.
(k) Deny any person access to or membership or participation in any multiple-listing service, real estate brokers' organization, or other service, organization or facility relating to the business of selling or renting housing accommodation, or to discriminate against any person in the terms or conditions of such access, membership or participation, on account of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, handicap or ancestry;
(l) Coerce, intimidate, threaten or interfere with any person in the exercise or enjoyment of, or on account of that person's having exercised or enjoyed or having aided or encouraged any other person in the exercise or enjoyment of, any right granted or protected by this section;
(m) Whether or not acting under color of law, by force or threat of force willfully injure, intimidate, or interfere with, or attempt to injure, intimidate, or interfere with:
(1) Any person because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, handicap or ancestry and because that person is or has been selling, purchasing, renting, financing, occupying, contracting or negotiating for the sale, purchase, rental, financing or occupation of any dwelling or applying for or participating in any service, organization or facility relating to the business of selling or renting housing accommodations;
(2) Any person because that person is or has been, or in order to intimidate that person or any other person or any class of persons from:
A. Participating, without discrimination on account of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, handicap or ancestry, in any of the activities, services, organizations or facilities described in subsection (m)(1) hereof;
B. Affording another person or class of persons opportunity or protection so to participate.
(3) Any person because that person is or has been, or in order to discourage that person or any other person from lawfully aiding or encouraging other persons to participate, without discrimination on account of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, handicap, or ancestry, in any of the activities, services, organizations, or facilities described in subsection (m)(1) hereof, or participating lawfully in speech or peaceful assembly opposing any denial of the opportunity to so participate.
No person shall discourage or attempt to discourage the purchase by a prospective purchaser of a housing unit, by representing that any block, neighborhood, or area has undergone or might undergo a change with respect to the religious, racial, sexual or ethnic composition of the block, neighborhood or area.
(n) Refuse to sell, transfer, assign, rent, lease, sublease, finance or otherwise deny or withhold a burial lot from any person because of the race, color, sex, age, ancestry, handicap or national origin of any prospective owner or user of such lot.
(o) Discriminate in any manner against any other person because that person has opposed any unlawful practice defined in Section 783.02, or because that person has made a charge, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in any investigation, proceeding, or hearing in regard to a violation of any section of Chapter 783.
(p) Aid, abet, incite, compel, or coerce the doing of any act declared by this section to be an unlawful discriminatory practice, or to obstruct or prevent any person from complying with any section of Chapter 783, or any order issued thereunder, or to attempt directly or indirectly to commit any act declared by this section to be an unlawful discriminatory practice.
(Ord. 29-83. Passed 7-18-83.)