It is hereby declared to be a discriminatory housing practice and unlawful for any
person to:
(a) Refuse to sell, transfer, assign, rent, lease, sublease, finance, negotiate, or otherwise deny or make unavailable a dwelling to any person because of race, color, religion, sex, ancestry, familial status, age, sexual orientation, national origin, and/or handicap;
(b) Represent to any person, because of ascribed status, that a dwelling is not available for sale, rental, or inspection when in fact it is available;
(c) Refuse to lend money, purchase a loan, or provide other financial assistance, whether or not secured by mortgage or otherwise, for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair, or maintenance of a dwelling, or provide or purchase loans or other financial assistance secured by residential real estate, or otherwise withhold financing of a dwelling from any person because of ascribed status, provided that such person lends money as one of the principal aspects or incident to his or her principal business;
(d) Discriminate against any person in the terms or conditions of selling, transferring, assigning, brokering, renting, leasing, or subleasing any dwelling or in furnishing facilities, services, or privileges in connection with the ownership, occupancy, or use of any dwelling, including the sale of fire, extended coverage or homeowners insurance, because of race, color, religion, sex, ancestry, familial status, age, sexual orientation, national origin, and/or handicap;
(e) Discriminate against any person in the terms or conditions of any loan of money, purchase of loans, or in providing other financial assistance, whether or not secured by mortgage or otherwise, for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair or maintenance of a dwelling, or discriminate in the making or purchasing of loans or in providing other financial assistance secured by residential real estate because of ascribed status;
(f) (1) Discriminate in the sale or rental, or to otherwise make unavailable or deny, a dwelling to any buyer or renter because of a handicap of:
A. That buyer or renter; or
B. A person residing in or intending to reside in that dwelling after it is sold, rented, or made available; or
C. Any person associated with that buyer or renter.
(2) Discriminate against any person in the terms, conditions, or privileges of sale or rental of a dwelling, or in the provision of services or facilities in connection with such dwelling, because of a handicap of:
A. That person; or
B. A person residing in or intending to reside in that dwelling after it is sold, rented, or made available; or
C. Any person associated with that person.
(3) For purposes of this subsection, discrimination includes:
A. A refusal to permit, at the expense of a handicapped person, reasonable modifications of existing premises occupied or to be occupied by such person if such modifications may be necessary to afford such person full enjoyment of the premises, except that, in the case of a rental, no modification need be permitted unless the renter first agrees to restore the interior of the premises to the condition that existed before the modification, reasonable wear and tear excepted unless previously negotiated with the landlord;
B. A refusal to make reasonable accommodations in rules, policies, practices, or services, when such accommodations may be necessary to afford a handicapped person equal opportunity to use and enjoy a dwelling;
C. A failure to construct covered multi-family dwellings that do not provide for accessibility and usability for physically handicapped persons in compliance with applicable state or federal law, including 42 U.S.C. §3604(f)(3)(C).
(g) Refuse to consider without prejudice the combined income of both husband and wife for the purpose of extending mortgage credit to a married couple or either member thereof;
(h) Print, publish, or circulate any statement or advertisement, cause a statement or advertisement to be printed, published, or circulated, or make any verbal statement or cause such a verbal statement to be made, in relation to the sale, transfer, assignment, rental, lease, sublease, or acquisition of any dwelling or the loan of money, whether or not secured by mortgage or otherwise, for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair, or maintenance of a dwelling which indicates any preference, limitation, specification, or discrimination based upon ascribed status;
(i) Include in any transfer, rental, or lease of a dwelling any restrictive covenant, based on ascribed status, or honor or exercise, or attempt to honor or exercise, any such restrictive covenant, provided that the prior inclusion of such restrictive covenant in the chain of title shall not be deemed a violation of this provision;
(j) Induce or solicit or attempt to induce or solicit a dwelling listing, sale, or transaction for profit by representing that a change has occurred or may occur with respect to the demographic composition of the block, neighborhood, or area in which the dwelling is located, or induce or solicit, or attempt to induce or solicit, such sale or listing by representing that the presence or anticipated presence of persons of any ascribed status in the area will or may have results such as the following:
(1) The lowering of property values;
(2) A change in the demographic composition of the block, neighborhood, or area in which the dwelling is located;
(3) An increase in criminal or antisocial behavior in the area;
(4) A decline in the quality of the schools serving the area;
(k) Deny any person access to or membership or participation in any multiple-listing service, real estate agents' association, or other service, organization, or facility relating to the business of selling or renting housing accommodations, or discriminate against any person in the terms or conditions of that access, membership, or participation, on account of ascribed status;
(l) Coerce, intimidate, threaten, or interfere with any person in the exercise or enjoyment of, or on account of that person's having exercised or enjoyed or having aided or encouraged any other person in the exercise or enjoyment of, any right granted or protected by this section;
(m) Discourage or attempt to discourage the purchase by a prospective purchaser of a dwelling, or the leasing or rental by a prospective lessor or renter of a dwelling, by representing that any block, neighborhood, or area has undergone or might undergo a change with respect to the demographic composition of the block, neighborhood, or area.
(n) Discriminate against any person, because of ascribed status, in appraising the value of any dwelling in connection with the sale, brokering, or rental of such dwelling;
(o) Retaliate in any manner against any other person because that person has opposed any unlawful practice defined in this chapter, or because that person has made a charge, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in any investigation, proceeding, or hearing as provided pursuant to this chapter;
(p) Aid, abet, incite, compel, or coerce the doing of any act declared by this chapter to be an unlawfully discriminatory practice, or to obstruct or prevent any person from complying with the provisions of this chapter, or any order issued pursuant thereto, or to attempt directly or indirectly to commit any act declared by this chapter to be an unlawful discriminatory practice.
(Ord. 2010-36. Passed 9-21-10.)