(A) The provisions of § 71.100 do not apply:
(1) To the rental of a housing accommodation in a building which contains housing accommodations for not more than two (2) families living independently of each other, if the owner or a member of his family resides in one (1) of the housing accommodations;
(2) To the rental of one (1) room or one (1) rooming unit in a housing accommodation by an individual if he or a member of his family resides therein; or
(3) To a religious institution or to an organization operated for charitable or educational purposes, which is operated, supervised, or controlled by a religious corporation, association, or society, to the extent that the religious corporation, association, or society limits or gives preferences in the sale, lease, rental, assignment, or sublease of real property to individuals of the same religion, or makes a selection of buyers, tenants, lessees, assignees, or sublessees that is calculated by such religious corporation, association, or society to promote the religious principles for which it is established or maintained.
(B) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the legal rights of a private individual homeowner to dispose of his property through private sale without the aid of any real estate operator, broker, or salesman and without advertising or public display.
(C) Nothing in this section shall require a real estate operator to negotiate with any individual who has not shown evidence of financial ability to consummate the purchase or rental of a housing accommodation.
(1976 Code, § 9-44)
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Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see KRS 344.365