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CHAPTER 1367
Fair Housing
1367.01   Definitions.
1367.02   Discrimination in sale, lease or rental prohibited.
1367.03   Discrimination in lending prohibited.
1367.04   Discrimination by real estate agent, broker or employee prohibited.
1367.05   Discrimination in terms and privileges prohibited.
1367.06   Publication indicating certain preferences prohibited.
1367.07   False or substantially misleading statements prohibited.
1367.08   Exclusions.
1367.09   Rules.
1367.10   Penalties.
   1367.01 DEFINITIONS.
   (a)   The terms used to classify groups protected by the provisions of this article shall have the same meaning as used in state and federal law.
   (b)   The term "source of income" means only lawful sources from which income is derived. When used in this article this term shall not be deemed to preclude a good faith business decision by an owner, lessee, or sublessee of real property that an individual be denied access to housing due to his inability to meet the financial burdens attendant to the purchase, lease, or sublease of such housing accommodation.
   (c)   The term "respondent" means the person alleged to have violated this article. It shall refer also to the person authorized to answer the complaint if that person is not the alleged violator. (Ord. 002-2023. Passed 1-3-23.)
   1367.02 DISCRIMINATION IN SALE, LEASE OR RENTAL PROHIBITED.
   (a)   It shall be unlawful for any owner, lessee or sublessee of real property, or any agent or representative thereof, to refuse to sell, exchange, rent or lease any housing accommodation of any sort within the City because of an individual's religion, race, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation or identity, familial status, handicap (disability), or source of income.
   (b)   It shall also be unlawful for any owner, lessee or sublessee of real property, or any agent or representative thereof, to refuse to sell, exchange, rent or lease any housing accommodation of any sort within the City that violates Chapter 515 of the Maumee Codified Ordinances, section 4112.02 of the Ohio Revised Code or any other State or Federal law related to discrimination in the sale, rental, or lease of real property within the City of Maumee.
(Ord. 002-2023. Passed 1-3-23.)
   1367.03 DISCRIMINATION IN LENDING PROHIBITED.
   It shall be unlawful for any person to discriminate in the lending of money, guaranteeing of loans, accepting of mortgages, or otherwise making available funds for the purchase, acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair, or maintenance of any housing accommodation of any sort within the City because of an individual's religion, race, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation or identity, familial status, handicap (disability), or source of income.
(Ord. 002-2023. Passed 1-3-23.)
 
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