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A. No owner, lessee, sublessee, assignee, real estate broker, real estate salesman, managing agent of a housing accommodation or other person having the right to sell, rent, lease, sublease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of a housing accommodation shall refuse to sell, rent, lease, sublease, assign, transfer or otherwise deny to or withhold from any person or group of persons such housing accommodations, or segregate the use thereof, or represent that such housing accommodations are not available for inspection, when in fact they are so available, or expel or evict an occupant from a housing accommodation because of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, familial status, marital status, veteran/military status, or Section 8 status of such person or persons or discriminate against or segregate any person because of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, familial status, or marital status of such person, in the terms, conditions or privileges of the sale, rental, lease, sublease, assignment, transfer or other disposition of any such housing accommodations or in the furnishing of facilities or services in connection therewith.

B. A real estate broker, agent, salesman or employee shall not, because of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, familial status, marital status, veteran/military status, or Section 8 status of an occupant, purchaser, prospective occupant or prospective purchaser:

1. Refuse, or intentionally fail to list, or discriminate in listing a housing accommodation for sale, rent, lease or sublease;

2. Refuse or intentionally fail to show to a prospective occupant the housing accommodation listed for sale, rental, lease or sublease;

3. Refuse or intentionally fail to accept and/or transmit to an owner any reasonable offer to purchase, lease, rent or sublease a housing accommodation;

4. Otherwise discriminate against an occupant, prospective occupant, purchaser or prospective purchaser of a housing accommodation.

C. No person, bank, banking organization, mortgage company, insurance company or other financial institution or lender, or any agent or employee thereof, to whom application is made for financial assistance for the purchase, lease, acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair or maintenance of any housing accommodation shall:

1. Discriminate against any person or group of persons because of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, familial status, marital status, veteran/military status, or Section 8 status, or such person or group of persons or of the prospective occupants or tenants of such real property in the granting, withholding, extending, modifying or renewing, or in the rates, terms, conditions or privileges of, any such financial assistance or in the extension of services in connection therewith; or

2. Use any form of application for such financial assistance, or make any record of inquiry in connection with applications for such financial assistance which expresses, directly or indirectly, any limitation, specification or discrimination on the ground of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, familial status, marital status, veteran/military status, or Section 8 status.

D. An owner, person, real estate broker, agent, salesman, employee or lender shall not:

1. Require any information, make, or keep any record, or use any form of application containing questions or entries concerning race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, familial status, marital status, veteran/military status, or Section 8 status in connection with the sale, rental, lease or sublease of any housing accommodation;

2. Publish, circulate, issue or display, or cause to be published, circulated, issued or displayed, any communication, notice, advertisement or sign of any kind relating to the sale, rental, lease, sublease, assignment, transfer or listing of a housing accommodation or accommodations which indicates any preference, limitation, specification or discrimination based on race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, familial status, marital status, veteran/military status, or Section 8 status;

3. Aid, abet, compel or coerce the doing of any act defined in this chapter as an unfair housing practice; or obstruct or discriminate against a person in any manner because he has complied or proposed to comply with the provisions of this chapter or has filed a complaint, testified or assisted in any proceeding under this chapter, or any order issued thereunder, or attempt, either directly or indirectly, to commit any act defined in this chapter to be an unfair housing practice or apply any economic sanctions or deny any membership privileges because of compliance with the provisions of this chapter.

E. For purposes of discrimination based on handicap, discrimination includes:

1. A refusal to permit, at the expense of the handicapped person, reasonable modifications of existing premises occupied or to be occupied by such person if such modifications may be necessary to afford such person full enjoyment of the premises except that, in the case of a rental the landlord may where it is reasonable to do so condition permission for a modification on the renter agreeing to restore the interior of the premises to the condition that existed before the modification, reasonable wear and tear excepted;

2. A refusal to make reasonable accommodations in rules, policies, practices, or services, when such accommodations may be necessary to afford such person equal opportunity to use and enjoy a dwelling; or

Nothing in this subsection requires that a dwelling be made available to an individual whose tenancy would constitute a direct threat to the health or safety of other individuals or whose tenancy would result in substantial physical damage to the property of others. (Ord. 6195 § 3, 2014; Ord. 4148 § 3, 1990; Ord. 4061 § 3, 1989; Ord. 3550 § 5, 1985; Ord. 3516 § 28, 1985; Ord. 2398 § 5, 1977; 1961 code § 7.60.040.)