§ 13-50. Discriminatory housing practices.

Except as provided in section 13-53 hereof, it shall be an unlawful discriminatory housing practice to:

(1) Refuse to sell or rent after the making of a bona fide offer, or to refuse to negotiate for the sale or rental of, or otherwise make unavailable or deny, a dwelling to any person because of race, color, sex, religion, national origin or ancestry.

(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 therewith, because of race, color, religion, national origin, or ancestry.

(3) Make, print, or publish, or cause to be made, printed, or published any notice, statement, or advertisement, with respect to the sale or rental of a dwelling that indicates any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry or an intention to make any such preference, limitation, or discrimination.

(4) Represent to any person because of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry that any dwelling is not available for inspection, sale or rental when such dwelling is in fact so available to persons who are financially qualified.

(5) Induce or attempt to induce any person to transfer an interest in any housing by representations regarding the existing or potential proximity of real property owned, used or occupied by any person of any particular race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry by direct or indirect methods.

(6) Promote, induce, influence or attempt to promote, induce or influence by the use of postal cards, letters, circulars, telephone, visitation or any other means, directly or indirectly, a property owner, occupant, or tenant to list for sale, sell, remove from, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any housing by referring as a part of a process or pattern of inciting neighborhood unrest, community tension or fear of racial, color, religious, nationality or ethnic change in any street, block, neighborhood, or any other area to the race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry of actual or anticipated neighbors, tenants or other prospective buyers of any housing.

(7) Cause to be made any untrue or intentionally misleading statement, advertise or in any other manner attempt as part of a process or pattern of inciting neighborhood unrest, community tension or fear of racial, color, religious, nationality or ethnic change in any street, block, neighborhood, or any other area, to obtain a listing of any housing for sale, rental, assignment, transfer or other disposition, where such statement, advertising or other representation is false or materially misleading, or where there is insufficient basis to judge its truth or falsity to warrant making the statement, or to make any other material misrepresentations in order to obtain such listing, sale, removal from, lease, assignment, transfer or other disposition of said housing.

(8) Make, as part of a process or pattern of discouraging the purchase, rental, occupancy or other use of any housing in a particular block or neighborhood area, any representation to a person known to be a prospective purchaser that such block or neighborhood or area may undergo, is undergoing, or has undergone a change with respect to racial, color, religious, nationality or ethnic composition of such block or neighborhood or area.

(9) Cause or coerce, or attempt to cause or coerce, any person to retaliate against any other person because such person has lawfully opposed any act or failure to act that is a violation of this article or has, in good faith, filed a complaint, testified, participated or assisted in any way in any proceeding under this article, or prevent any person from complying with this article.

(Code 1962, § 9½-15)

Cross reference

Licenses and business regulations, Ch. 14.