(a) No real estate broker or real estate sales person or agent, or owner or other person shall refuse to sell, lease, sublease, rent, assign or otherwise transfer or refuse to negotiate for the sale, lease, sublease, rental, assignment or other transfer of the title, leasehold or other interest in any housing unit to any person, or represent that a housing unit is not available for inspection, sale, lease, sublease, rental, assignment or other transfer when in fact it is so available, or otherwise deny or withhold any housing unit from any person because of race, color, handicap or disability, familial status, religion, creed, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation or the use of a guide or support animal because of the handicap of the user or because the user is a handler or trainer of support or guide animals.
(b) No owner shall refuse to sell, lease, sublease, rent, assign or otherwise transfer the title, leasehold or other interest in any housing unit, which is part of a housing unit to a person, or otherwise deny or withhold such housing unit or deny or withhold the furnishing of services in connection therewith from any person because of race, color, handicap or disability, familial status, religion, creed, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identification or the use of a guide or support animal because of the handicap of the user or because the user is a handler or trainer of support or guide animals.
(c) No real estate broker or real estate sales person or agent shall include in the terms, conditions, privileges or services in connection therewith of any sale, lease, sublease, rental, assignment or other transfer of any housing unit, any clause, condition or restriction discriminating against any person in the use or occupancy of such housing unit because of race, color, handicap or disability, familial status, religion, creed, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identification or the use of a guide or support animal because of the handicap or the user or because the user is a handler or trainer of support or guide animals.
(d) No person shall include in the terms, conditions or privileges of the sale, lease, sublease, rental, assignment or other transfer of a housing unit, which is part of a housing accommodation, any clause, condition or restriction discriminating against any person in the use or occupancy of such housing unit because of race, color, handicap or disability, familial status, religion, creed, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identification or the use of a guide or support animal because of the handicap of the user or because the user is a handler or trainer of support or guide animals.
(e) No person shall discriminate in the furnishing of any facilities or services for a housing unit, which is part of a housing accommodation, because of race, color, handicap or disability, familial status, religion, creed, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identification or the use of a guide or support animal because of the handicap of the user or because the user is a handler or trainer of support or guide animals.
(f) No lending institution shall discriminate in lending money, guaranteeing loans, accepting mortgages or otherwise making available funds for the purchase, acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair or maintenance of any housing unit or housing accommodation, because of race, color, handicap or disability, familial status, religion, creed, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identification or the use of a guide or support animal because of the handicap of the user or because the user is a handler or trainer of support or guide animals.
(g) No real estate broker, real estate sales person or agent, owner or any other person or any lending institution shall publish or circulate, or cause to be published or circulated, any notice, statement or advertisement, or announce a policy, or use any form of application for the purchase, lease, rental or financing of housing, or make any record or inquiry in connection with the prospective purchase, rental or lease of housing, which expresses directly or indirectly any limitation, specification or discrimination as to race, color, handicap or disability, familial status, religion, creed, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identification or the use of a guide or support animal because of the handicap of the user or because the user is a handler or trainer of support or guide animals, or any intent to make any such limitation, specification or discrimination.
(h) No person, whether or not a real estate broker, real estate sales person or agent, owner or lending institution, shall aid, incite, compel, coerce or participate in the doing of any act declared to be unlawful housing practice under this article, or obstruct or prevent enforcement or compliance with the provisions of this article of any rule, regulation or order of the Commission, or attempt directly or indirectly to commit any act declared by this article to be an unlawful housing practice.
(Ord. 22-2015. Passed 10-6-15.)