§ 7-115. Discrimination in housing.

No person, real estate broker, or lending institution shall directly or indirectly engage in the following acts because of a person's race, color, religion, sex, ancestry, national origin, place of birth, handicap, or familial status:

(1)

Print, publish, circulate, issue or display any communication, notice, advertisement or signs relating to the sale, rental, lease, sublease, assignment, transfer of listing of a housing accommodation which indicates any preference, limitation, specification, or discrimination.

(2)

Misrepresent that any housing accommodation is not available for inspection, sale, lease, sublease, rental assignment or other transfer.

(3)

Induce the sale, rental, or listing for sale or rental, of a housing accommodation by representing that a change has occurred, will or may occur with respect to the racial, religious, or ethnic composition of the street, block, neighborhood or area in which such housing accommodation is located.

(4)

Include in the terms, conditions or privileges of any lease, sublease, rental assignment or other transfer of any housing accommodations, such clause, condition, or restriction that discriminates against another person in the use or occupancy of such housing accommodation.

(5)

Discriminate against, segregate of assign quotas in connection with a sale, lease, sublease, rental assignment or other transfer of title, leasehold, or other interest in any housing accommodation.

(6)

After the making of a bona fide offer:

(a)

Refuse to negotiate for the sale, lease, sublease, rental assignment or other transfer of a title, leasehold, or other interest in any housing accommodation.

(b)

Refuse to sell, lease, sublease, rent, assign, or otherwise transfer a title, leasehold, or other interest in any housing accommodation.

(c)

Deny or otherwise withhold any housing accommodation.

(7)

Utilizing any form or application for financial assistance, (for the purchase, lease, acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair or maintenance of any housing accommodation) or making any record or inquiry in connection with such application, which indicates or makes any limitation, specification, or discrimination.

(8)

Discriminating in the granting, withholding, extending, modifying, or renewing, or in the rates, terms, conditions or privileges of any application for financial assistance for the purchase, lease, acquisition, construction rehabilitation, repair, or maintenance of any housing accommodation after the making of a bona fide offer, or in the extension of services in connection therewith.

(Ord. No. 0-8687-2; Ord. No. 0-9798-58)