8.44.040 Unfair housing practices forbidden.
1. No owner, lessee, sublessee, assignee, real estate broker, real estate salesman, managing agent of, 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 the race, color, religion, ancestry or national origin of such person or persons, or discriminate against or segregate any person because of his race, color, religion, ancestry or national origin, 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.
2. A real estate broker, agent, salesman, or employee shall not, because of race, color, religion, ancestry, or national origin of an occupant, purchaser, prospective occupant, or prospective purchaser.
a. Refuse or intentionally fail to list or discriminate in listing a housing accommodation for sale, rent, lease or sublease.
b. Refuse or intentionally fail to show to a prospective occupant the housing accommodation listed for sale, rental, lease, or sublease.
c. Refuse or intentionally fail to accept and/or transmit to an owner any reasonable offer to purchase, lease, rent or sublease a housing accommodation.
d. Otherwise discriminate against an occupant, prospective occupant, purchaser, or prospective purchaser of a housing accommodation.
e. Induce or attempt to induce any person to sell, rent or lease any real property by representation that the neighborhood in which the property is located is coming to have residents of any particular race, color, religion or ancestral origin.
3. 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:
a. Discriminate against any person or group of persons because of race, color, religion, ancestry, or national origin of 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
b. 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, or national origin.
4. An owner, person, real estate broker, agent, salesman, employee, or lender shall not:
a. Require any information, make, or keep any record, or use any form of application containing questions or entries concerning race, color, religion, ancestry, or national origin in connection with the sale, rental, lease, or sublease of any housing accommodation.
b. 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, or national origin.
c. Aid, abet, incite, 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.
5. No employer or other person shall discriminate in the employment or continued employment of any person on the grounds that such person has chosen a particular residence or has made use of the provisions of this chapter. (Ord. M-1006 §4, 1968)