No person who receives or expects to receive pecuniary gain from the sale or rental of housing accommodations shall:
(a) Influence or attempt to influence any other person who purports or represents himself or herself to be a prospective purchaser, occupant or tenant of housing accommodations by referring to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, handicap, ancestry, familial status, military status, sexual orientation or gender identity of occupants or prospective occupants of other housing accommodations in the neighborhood.
(b) Influence or attempt to influence, by any words, acts or failure to act, any person who purports or represents himself or herself to be a prospective seller, purchaser, occupant, landlord or tenant of housing accommodations, in connection with the sale or rental of housing accommodations, so as to promote or tend to promote the continuance or maintenance of segregated housing or so as to retard, obstruct or discourage integrated housing on or in any street, block or neighborhood.
(c) Discriminate against any person who purports or represents himself or herself to be a prospective seller, purchaser, occupant, landlord or tenant of housing accommodations by any influence, suggestion, act or failure to act or accord any differential treatment among such persons, in connection with the sale or rental of housing accommodations or in the furnishing of information, services or facilities relative thereto, because of the race, color, religion, sex, ancestry, handicap, national origin, familial status, military status, sexual orientation or gender identity of any person.
(Ord. 141-1992. Passed 6-1-92; Ord. 103-1998. Passed 5-4-98. Eff. 6-4-98; Ord. 41-2013. Passed 4-15-13.)