In connection with any of the transactions set forth in this section, which affect any housing accommodation on the open market, or in connection with any public sale, purchase, exchange, rental or lease of any house accommodation, it shall be a prohibited, unlawful practice for a person, owner, financial institution, real estate broker, real estate salesperson or any representative of the above to:
(A) Refuse to sell, purchase, exchange, rent or lease, or otherwise deny to or withhold any housing accommodation from a person because of his or her disability, age, sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, familial status, marital and/or parental status and place of birth;
(B) Discriminate against a person because of that person’s disability, age, sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, familial status, marital and/or parental status and place of birth in the terms, conditions or privileges of the sale, purchase, exchange, rental or lease of any housing accommodation or in the furnishing of facilities or services in connection therewith;
(C) Refuse to receive or transmit a bona fide offer to sell, purchase, exchange, rent or lease any housing accommodation from or to a person because of his or her disability, age, sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, familial status, marital and/or parental status and place of birth;
(D) Refuse to negotiate for the sale, purchase, exchange, rental or lease of any housing accommodation to a person because of his or her disability, age, sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, familial status, marital and/or parental status and place of birth;
(E) Represent to a person that any housing accommodation is not available for inspection, sale, purchase, exchange, rental or lease when in fact it is so available, or to refuse to permit an individual to inspect any housing accommodation because of his or her disability, age, sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, familial status, marital and/or parental status and place of birth;
(F) Print, circulate, post, mail or cause to be printed, circulated, posted or mailed any notice, statement or advertisement, or to announce a policy or to sign or to use a form of application for the sale, purchase, exchange, rental, lease or financing of any housing accommodation, or to make a record of inquiry in connection with the prospective sale, purchase, exchange, rental, lease or financing of any housing accommodation, which indicates, directly or indirectly, any discrimination or any intent to discriminate as it relates to a person’s disability, age, sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, familial status, marital and/or parental status and place of birth;
(G) Offer, solicit, accept or use a listing of real property for sale, purchase, exchange, rental or lease with the understanding that an individual may be subjected to discrimination in connection with such sale, purchase, exchange, rental or lease, or in the furnishing of facilities or services in connection therewith because of his or her disability, age, sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, familial status, marital and/or parental status and place of birth;
(H) To induce, directly or indirectly, or attempt to induce, directly or indirectly, the sale, purchase, exchange, rental or lease or the listing for any housing accommodation by representing that the presence or anticipated presence of persons of any particular disability, age, sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, familial status, marital and/or parental status and place of birth in the area to be affected by such sale, purchase, exchange, rental or lease will or may result in:
(1) The lowering of property values in the area;
(2) An increase in criminal or antisocial behavior in the area; or
(3) A decline in the quality of the schools serving the area.
(I) Make any misrepresentations concerning the listing for sale, purchase, exchange, rental or lease or the anticipated listing for any of the above, or the sale, purchase, exchange, rental or lease of any housing accommodation in any area in the city for the purpose of inducing or attempting to induce any such listing or any of the above transactions;
(J) Place a sign purporting to offer for sale, purchase, exchange, rental or lease any housing accommodation that is not, in fact, so offered;
(K) Advertise for sale, purchase, exchange, rental or lease any housing accommodation which is non-existent or which is not actually being offered;
(L) Engage in, hire to be done or to conspire with others to commit threats or acts or activities of any nature, the purpose of which is to coerce, cause panic, incite unrest or create or play on fear with the purpose of either discouraging or inducing or attempting to induce the sale, occupancy, purchase, exchange, rental or lease, or the listing for any housing accommodation;
(M) To retaliate or discriminate in any manner against a person because he or she has opposed a practice declared unlawful by this subchapter, or because he or she has filed a complaint, testified, assisted or participated in any manner in an investigation, proceeding, hearing or conference under this chapter;
(N) To aid, abet, incite, compel or coerce any person to engage in any of the practices prohibited by this subchapter, or to obstruct or prevent any person from complying with the provisions of this subchapter;
(O) To obstruct or prevent a person from complying with the provisions of this subchapter, or any order issued thereunder;
(P) To resist, prevent, impede or interfere with the Human Rights Commission or any of its members or representatives or a hearing officer in the lawful performance of his, her, its or their duty under this subchapter;
(Q) To, by canvassing, do any of the unlawful practices prohibited by this chapter;
(R) To otherwise deny to or withhold any housing accommodation from a person because of his or her disability, age, sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, familial status, marital and/or parental status and place of birth; or
(S) To fail to reasonably accommodate a disabled person as required by the Federal Fair Housing Act, as amended, being 42 U.S.C. §§ 3601 et seq., and other state and federal law, as amended.
(1984 Code, §§ 32.08, 37.05) (Ord O-31-98, passed 7-21-1998; Ord. O-20-03, passed 4-29-2003)