(a) It is unlawful housing practice to:
(1) Refuse to sell or rent any housing, after a bona fide offer has been made, or fail to transmit a bona fide offer or refuse to negotiate in good faith for the sale or rental of housing or otherwise make unavailable or deny any housing or services of facilities in connection therewith, because of race, sex, religion, physical handicap, color, national origin or ancestry;
(2) Make, print, publish, disseminate or use, or cause to be made, printed, published, disseminated or used, any notice, statement, advertisement or application with respect to the sale or rental of housing which indicates any preference, limitation, specification or discrimination based on race, sex, religion, physical handicap, color, national origin or ancestry, or any intention to make any such preference, limitation, specification or discrimination;
(3) Represent to any person, because of race, sex, religion, physical handicap, color, national origin or ancestry, that any real property is not available for inspection, sale or rental, when such real property is in fact available;
(4) Induce or attempt to induce for profit any person to sell or rent housing by representation regarding the entry or prospective entry into the neighborhood of a person or persons of a particular race, sex, religion, physical handicap, color, national origin or ancestry;
(5) Deny any person access to, 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 him or her in the terms or conditions of such access, membership or participation because of race, sex, religion, physical handicap, color, national origin or ancestry;
(6) To discriminate against any person in his or her use or occupancy of housing because of the race, sex, religion, physical handicap, color, national origin or ancestry of the people with whom the person associates;
(7) Deny a loan or other financial assistance to a person applying therefor, for the purpose of purchasing, constructing, improving, repairing or maintaining real property, because of the race, sex, religion, physical handicap, color, national origin or ancestry of:
(A) The person; or
(B) Any person associated with the person in connection with a loan or other financial assistance or associated with him or her in connection with the purposes of the owners, lessees, tenants, or occupants of the real property in relation to which the loan or other financial assistance is to be made or given;
(8) Discriminate against any person in the fixing of the amount, interest rate, duration or other terms or conditions of a loan or other financial assistance because of the race, sex, religion, physical handicap, color, national origin or ancestry of:
(A) The person;
(B) Any person associated with the person in connection with the loan or other financial assistance or associated with him or her in connection with purpose of the loan or other financial assistance; or
(C) The present or prospective owners, lessees, tenants or occupants of the real property in relation to which the loan or other financial assistance is to be made or given.
(9) Use a form of application for financial assistance, or to make any inquiry or make or keep any record in connection with the application which indicates directly or indirectly an intention to make any preference, limitation, specification or discrimination because of race, sex, religion, physical handicap, color, national origin or ancestry.
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a religious organization, association or society, or any nonprofit institution or organization operated, supervised or controlled by or in conjunction with a religious organization, association or society, from limiting the sale, rental, occupancy of any real property which it owns or operates for other than commercial purposes to persons of the same religion, or from giving preference to persons, nor shall anything in this section prohibit a nonprofit private club, in fact not open to the public, which incidentally to its primary purpose or purposes, provides lodging which it owns and operates for other than a commercial purpose from limiting the rental or occupancy of lodgings to its members or from giving preference to its members and the guests of its members. Nor shall anything in this article apply to:
(1) A rental or leasing of a housing accommodation for not more than two families living independently of each other, if the owner resides in one housing unit; or
(2) The rental or leasing to fewer than five persons within a single housing accommodation by the occupant or owner of the housing accommodation if he or she resides therein.
(Prior Code, § 8-708) (Ord. 1099, passed 4-1-1981; Ord. 1108, passed 3-8-1982)