In connection with any of the transactions set forth in this section which affect any housing accommodation on the open market, or in connection with any public sale, purchase, rental, or lease of any accommodation, it shall be unlawful within the village for a person, owner, financial institution, real estate broker, or real estate salesperson, or any representative of the above, to:
(a) Refuse to sell, purchase, rent, or lease, or deny to or withhold any housing accommodation from a person because of his or her race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, handicap, marital status, sexual preference, sex, age, familial status, or place of birth;
(b) To discriminate against a person in the terms, conditions, or privileges of the sale, purchase, rental, or lease of any housing accommodation, or in the furnishing of facilities or services in connection therewith;
(c) To refuse to receive or transmit a bona fide offer to sell, purchase, rent, or lease any housing accommodation from or to a person because of his or her race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, handicap, marital status, sexual preference, sex, age, or place of birth;
(d) To refuse to negotiate for the sale, purchase, rental, or lease of any housing accommodation to a person because of his or her race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, handicap, marital status, sexual preference, sex, age, familial status, or place of birth;
(e) To represent to a person that any housing accommodation is not available for inspection, sale, purchase, rental, or lease when in fact it is so available, or to refuse to permit a person to inspect any housing accommodation, because of his or her race, color, religion, national origin, handicap, marital status, sexual preference, sex, age, familial status, or place of birth;
(f) To make, publish, print, circulate, post, or mail, or cause to be made, published, printed, circulated, posted, or mailed, any notice, statement, or advertisement, or to announce a policy or to sign or to use a form of application for the sale, purchase, rental, lease, or financing of any housing accommodation, or to make a record of inquiry in connection with the prospective sale, purchase, rental, lease, or financing of any housing accommodation, which indicates any discrimination or any intent to make a discrimination;
(g) To offer, solicit, accept, or use a list of any housing accommodation for sale, purchase, rental, or lease with the understanding that a person may be subjected to discrimination in connection with such sale, purchase, rental, or lease, or in the furnishing of facilities or services in connection therewith;
(h) To induce directly or indirectly, or attempt to induce directly or indirectly, the sale, purchase, rental, or lease, or the listing for any of the above, of any housing accommodation by representing that the presence or anticipated presence of persons of any particular race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, handicap, marital status, sexual preference, sex, age, familial status, or place of birth in the area to be affected by such sale, purchase, rental, or lease will or may result in either:
(1) The lowering of property values in the area;
(2) An increase in criminal or antisocial behavior in the area; or
(3) A decline in the quality of schools serving the area.
(i) To make any misrepresentations concerning the listing for sale, purchase, rental, or lease, or the anticipated listing of any of the above, or the sale, purchase, rental, or lease of any housing accommodation in any area in the village for the purpose of inducing or attempting to induce any such listing or any of the above transactions;
(j) To engage in or hire to be done, or to conspire with others to commit acts or activities of any nature, the purpose of which is to coerce, cause panic, incite unrest, or create or play upon fear, with the purpose of either discouraging or inducing, or attempting to induce, the sale, purchase, rental, or lease, or the listing for any of the above, of any housing accommodation;
(k) To retaliate or discriminate in any manner against a person because he or she has opposed a practice declared unlawful by this chapter, or because he or she has filed a complaint, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in any investigation, proceeding, hearing, or conference under this chapter;
(l) To aid, abet, incite, compel, or coerce any person to engage in any of the practices prohibited by this chapter; or to obstruct or prevent any person from complying with the provisions of this chapter; or any orders issued thereunder;
(m) By canvassing, to commit any unlawful practices prohibited by this chapter;
(n) Otherwise to deny to, or withhold any housing accommodation from, a person because of his or her race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, handicap, marital status, sexual preference, sex, age, familial status, or place of birth;
(o) For any bank, building and loan association, insurance company, or other corporation, association, firm, or enterprise whose business consists, in whole or in part, in the making of commercial real estate loans, to deny a loan or other financial assistance to a person applying therefor for the purpose of purchasing, constructing, improving, repairing, or maintaining a dwelling, or to discriminate against him or her in the fixing of the amount, interest rate, duration, or other terms or conditions of such loans or other financial assistance because of the race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, handicap, marital status, sexual preference, sex, familial status, age, or place of birth of such person or of any person associated with him or her in connection with such loan or other financial assistance or the purposes of such loan or other financial assistance, which is to be made or given; or
(p) To deny any qualified person access to or membership or participation in any multiple-listing service, real estate brokers organization, or other service, organization, or facility relating to the business of selling or renting dwellings, or to discriminate against him or her in their terms or conditions of such access, membership, or participation, on account of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, handicap, marital status, sexual preference, sex, age, familial status, or place of birth.
(Prior Code, § 15-3-3) (Ord. passed 12-17-1992)