(A) It shall be unlawful practice for a real estate broker, real estate salesman, or an individual employed by or acting on behalf of any of these:
(1) To refuse to sell, exchange, rent or lease, or otherwise deny to or withhold real property from an individual because of his race, color, religion, national origin, or disability;
(2) To discriminate against an individual because of his race, color, religion, national origin, or disability in the terms, conditions, or privileges of the sale, exchange, rental or lease of real property or in the furnishing of facilities or services in connection therewith;
(3) To refuse to receive or transmit a bona fide offer to purchase, rent or lease real property from an individual because of his race, color, religion, national origin, or disability;
(4) To refuse to negotiate for the sale, rental or lease of real property to an individual because of his race, color, religion, national origin, or disability;
(5) To represent to an individual that real property is not available for inspection, sale, rental, or lease when, in fact, is so available, or to refuse to permit an individual to inspect real property because of his race, color, religion, national origin, or disability;
(6) To print, circulate, post or mail, or cause to be printed, circulated, posted or mailed an advertisement or sign, or to use a form of application for the purchase, rental or lease of real property, or to make a record or inquiry in connection with the prospective purchase, rental, or lease of real property, which indicates directly or indirectly a limitation, specification, or discrimination as to race, color, religion, national origin, or disability or an intent to make such a limitation, specification, or discrimination;
(7) To offer, solicit, accept, use or retain a listing of real property for sale, rental, or lease with the understanding that an individual may be discriminated against in the sale, rental, or lease of that real property or in the furnishing of facilities or services in connection therewith because of his race, color, religion, national origin, or disability; or
(8) Otherwise to deny or withhold real property from an individual because of his race, color, religion, national origin, or disability.
(B) Nothing in this section shall apply to:
(1) The YMCA, YWCA, and similar type single sex dormitory rental properties, including, but not limited to, those dormitories operated by institutions of higher education;
(2) A landlord who refused to rent to an unmarried couple of opposite sex;
(3) A landlord who chooses to rent only to men or only to women; provided that the landlord engages in the rental to not more than ten (10) persons or of no more than ten (10) self-contained units in an owner-occupied housing accommodation; or
(4) Rooms or rental units where tenants would be required to share common bath or kitchen facilities.
(1976 Code, § 9-43(a))
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Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see KRS 344.020, KRS 344.060