It is unlawful:
(A) For the owner, real estate broker, real estate salesperson, or employee, or agent thereof, or any person having the right, responsibility, or authority to sell, rent, lease, assign, or sublease any dwelling unit, commercial unit, or real property, or any part or portion thereof or interest therein:
(1) When in fact it is so available, to refuse to offer for sale, rental, lease, assignment, or sublease, or to refuse to sell, rent, lease, assign, or sublease after the making of a bona fide offer, to fail to transmit a bona fide offer, or refuse to negotiate in good faith for the sale or rental of, or otherwise make unavailable, withhold, or deny, real property, or any part or portion thereof, to or from any person because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or familial status;
(2) To discriminate against a person because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or familial status, in the terms, conditions, or privileges of the sale, rental, lease, assignment, or sublease of any housing accommodations, or real property, or part or portion thereof, or in the furnishing of facilities or services in connection therewith, or to require higher sale price or rental, or otherwise impose terms more burdensome upon any person because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or familial status, which would not be required of other persons;
(3) To print, publish, circulate, issue, display, post, or mail, or cause to be printed, circulated, issued, displayed, posted, or mailed, any statement, advertisement, publication, or sign, or to use any form of application for the purchase, rental, lease, assignment, or sublease of any housing accommodations or real property, or part or portion thereof, or to make any record or inquiry in connection with the prospective purchase, rental, lease, assignment, or sublease, of any housing accommodations or real property, or part or portion thereof, which expresses, directly or indirectly, any preference, limitation, specification, or discrimination as to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or familial status, or any intent to make any such limitation, specification, or discrimination;
(4) To directly or indirectly solicit the sale, lease, or the listing for sale or lease, of housing accommodations or real property, on the ground of imminent or prospective entry into the neighborhood of a person or persons of a particular race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or familial status, or use such fact or suspicion as a sales or listing inducement or stimulant, or to discriminate, or cause to be distributed material, or make statements designed to induce a property owner to sell or lease property due to such a fact, suspicion, or imminent change in the neighborhood, or to induce or attempt to induce such sale by representing that the presence, or anticipated presence, of persons of any particular race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or familial status in the area will or may result in:
(a) The lowering of property values;
(b) A change in the racial, religious, or ethnic composition of the block, neighborhood, or area in which the property is located;
(c) An increase in criminal or antisocial behavior in the area; and/or
(d) A decline in the duality of the schools serving the area.
(5) To deny any person access to, or membership in, 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, or to discriminate against any person in the terms or conditions of such access, membership, or participation because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or familial status; and
(6) To include in any sale, rental, lease, assignment, or sublease of any dwelling unit or real property, or any part or portion thereof, or interest therein, as a condition of the transaction that the purchaser, renter, tenant, occupant, or assignee agree not to sell, rent, lease, assign, or sublease the dwelling unit, commercial unit, or real property, or part of portion thereof, or interest therein, to any person because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or familial status of such person.
(B) For any person to engage in lending money, guaranteeing loans, accepting mortgages, or otherwise making available, funds for the purchase, acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair, or maintenance of any dwelling unit, commercial unit, or real property, or any part or portion thereof or interest therein:
(1) To discriminate because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or familial status of any person applying for loans, or guarantees, or mortgages, in lending money, guaranteeing loans, accepting mortgages, or otherwise making available funds for the purchase, acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair, or maintenance of any dwelling unit, commercial unit, or real property, or any part or portion thereof or interest therein, or in the fixing of the rates, terms, conditions, or provisions of any such financial assistance, or in the extension of services in connection therewith;
(2) To use any form of application for such financial assistance, or to make any record or inquiry in connection with applications for such financial assistance, which expresses, directly or indirectly, any limitation, specification, or discrimination as to the race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or familial status, or any intent to make any such limitation, specification, or discrimination; and/or
(3) To make any representations to any prospective seller, real estate broker, salesperson, agent, owner, or to any financial institution, for the purpose of obtaining facts or evidence of a discriminatory practice when such representations are not made for a bona fide purchase, rental, or lease of real property, provided, however, this section shall not apply to any person employed by the village or the state, whose duty is to assist in the prosecution of violations of civil rights relating to open housing.
(C) For any person to engage in any form of threats or reprisal, or to engage in, or hire, or conspire with others, to commit acts or activities of any nature, the purpose of which is to harass, degrade, embarrass, or to cause physical harm or economic loss to any person because such person complies with the provisions of this chapter, or has opposed any practice forbidden under this chapter, or has filed a complaint, testified, or assisted in any proceeding under this chapter;
(D) For any person to aid, abet, incite, compel, coerce, cooperate, or participate in the doing of any act declared to be a discriminatory practice under the provisions of this chapter, or to obstruct or prevent compliance with the provisions of this chapter, or to attempt to directly or indirectly to commit any act declared by this chapter to be a discriminatory practice; and/or
(E) To discriminate against any person in the use or occupancy of real property because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or familial status of the people with whom such person associates.
(Ord. 04-02, passed 5-3-2004) Penalty, see § 92.99