(A) It shall be a discriminatory practice:
(1) For 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, to refuse to sell, rent, lease, assign or sublease any dwelling unit, commercial unit, real property, or part or portions thereof, or interest therein, to any person because of the race, color, creed, religion, sex or national origin of said person;
(2) For 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, to impose upon any person because of the race, color, creed, religion, sex or national origin of such person unusual, extraordinarily onerous terms, conditions or privileges in the sale, rental, leasing, assignment or subleasing of any dwelling unit, commercial unit or real property, or any part or portion thereof, or interest therein;
(3) For 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, to directly or indirectly advertise, or in any other manner indicate or publicize that the purchase, rental, lease, sublease or assignment, listing, showing or the lending of funds in connection with any dwelling unit, commercial unit, real property, or any part or portion thereof, or interest therein, by persons of any particular race, color, creed, religion, sex or national origin is unwelcome, objectionable, not acceptable or not solicited;
(4) For any person, engaged 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, to discriminate because of the race, color, creed, religion, sex or national origin of any person applying for loans or guarantees of 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 to place unusual, extraordinary, onerous rates of interest, terms or conditions on the lending of said money, the guaranteeing of said loans, acceptance of said mortgages or the availability of such funds;
(5) For any person to discriminate in furnishing any facilities or services to any dwelling unit, commercial unit, real property, or part or portion thereof, because of the race, color, creed, religion, sex or national origin of any person making application for such facilities or services;
(6) For any person in the real estate business in any capacity whatsoever to discriminate in the selling, renting, leasing, assigning or subleasing of any dwelling unit, commercial unit, real property, or any part or portion thereof, or interest therein, to any person because of the race, color, creed, religion, sex or national origin of such person, or to represent for the reason of race, color, creed, religion, sex or national origin of any person, that any dwelling unit, commercial unit, real property, or any part or portion thereof, or interest therein, is not available for inspection, sale, rental, lease, assignment or sublease; or otherwise to deny or withhold any dwelling unit, commercial unit, real property, or any part or portion thereof, or interest therein, to any person because of the race, color, creed or religion, sex or national origin of said person;
(7) For any person to include in any sale, rental, lease, assignment or sublease of any dwelling unit, commercial unit or real property, or any part or portion thereof, or interest therein, as a condition of said 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 or portion thereof, or interest therein, to any person, because of race, color, creed, religion, sex or national origin of such person;
(8) For any person to discriminate against another person in any of the rights protected under the provisions of this chapter because such person complies with the provisions of this chapter or has opposed any practice forbidden under this act, or has filed a complaint, testified or assisted in any proceeding under this chapter; and
(9) 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 any proceedings of the Fair Housing Commission pursuant to this chapter, or to attempt directly or indirectly to commit any act declared by this chapter to be a discriminatory practice.
(B) The provisions of this chapter and particularly this section shall not apply to the following:
(1) Any bona fide religious institution with respect to any qualifications it may impose based upon religion, when such qualifications are related to a bona fide religious purpose;
(2) A rental or leasing of a housing accommodation in a building which contained housing accommodations for not more than two families living independently of each other, if the owner or members of his or her family reside in one of such housing units; and
(3) The rental or leasing to less than seven persons within a single housing accommodation by the occupant or owner of such housing accommodation if he or she, or members of his or her family, reside there.
(Prior Code, § 10-903) Penalty, see § 10.99