2-18 Discrimination in Terms, Conditions, Privileges, Services, and Facilities

• A. Owners must not deny or limit services based on race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, or national origin of the applicant, tenant, or a person associated with the applicant or tenant.

• B. Prohibited activities include, but are not limited to, the following:

  1. Using different requirements in leases. Examples include charging different rents, charging different security deposits, or requiring persons with disabilities who use electric wheelchairs or motorized scooters to have personal liability insurance. (For more information about lease requirements, see paragraph 6-5);

NOTE: This prohibition includes the use of different house rules for different tenants. For instance, owners must not have more stringent noise requirements for families with children than for families without children.

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2. Failing to provide or delaying maintenance on rental units;

3. Failing to process a rental offer;

4. Limiting the use of privileges, services, or facilities associated with renting a unit; and

5. Denying or limiting services because the renter failed or refused to provide sexual favors, or providing extra benefits to an individual in exchange for the provision of sexual favors.

• C. Federal discrimination laws generally prohibit housing providers from implementing policies or practices that appear to be neutral on their face but have a significant adverse or disproportionate impact on persons based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, familial status, or disability.