[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 24, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 24CFR100.70]



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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

 

    CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, 

               DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

 

PART 100_DISCRIMINATORY CONDUCT UNDER THE FAIR HOUSING ACT--Table 

of Contents

 

               Subpart B_Discriminatory Housing Practices

 

Sec.  100.70  Other prohibited sale and rental conduct.



    (a) It shall be unlawful, because of race, color, religion, sex, 

handicap, familial status, or national origin, to restrict or attempt to 

restrict the choices of a person by word or conduct in connection with 

seeking, negotiating for, buying or renting a dwelling so as to 

perpetuate, or tend to perpetuate, segregated housing patterns, or to 

discourage or obstruct choices in a community, neighborhood or 

development.

    (b) It shall be unlawful, because of race, color, religion, sex, 

handicap, familial status, or national origin, to engage in any conduct 

relating to the provision of housing or of services and facilities in 

connection therewith that otherwise makes unavailable or denies 

dwellings to persons.

    (c) Prohibited actions under paragraph (a) of this section, which 

are generally referred to as unlawful steering practices, include, but 

are not limited to:

    (1) Discouraging any person from inspecting, purchasing or renting a 

dwelling because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial 

status, or national origin, or because of the race, color, religion, 

sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin of persons in a 

community, neighborhood or development.

    (2) Discouraging the purchase or rental of a dwelling because of 

race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national 

origin, by exaggerating drawbacks or failing to inform any person of 

desirable features of a dwelling or of a community, neighborhood, or 

development.

    (3) Communicating to any prospective purchaser that he or she would 

not be comfortable or compatible with existing residents of a community, 

neighborhood or development because of race, color, religion, sex, 

handicap, familial status, or national origin.

    (4) Assigning any person to a particular section of a community, 

neighborhood or development, or to a particular floor of a building, 

because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or 

national origin.

    (d) Prohibited activities relating to dwellings under paragraph (b) 

of this section include, but are not limited to:

    (1) Discharging or taking other adverse action against an employee, 

broker or agent because he or she refused to participate in a 

discriminatory housing practice.

    (2) Employing codes or other devices to segregate or reject 

applicants, purchasers or renters, refusing to take or to show listings 

of dwellings in certain areas because of race, color, religion, sex, 

handicap, familial status, or national origin, or refusing to deal with 

certain brokers or agents because they or one or more of their clients 

are of a particular race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial 

status, or national origin.

    (3) Denying or delaying the processing of an application made by a 

purchaser or renter or refusing to approve such a person for occupancy 

in a cooperative or condominium dwelling because of race, color, 

religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin.

    (4) Refusing to provide municipal services or property or hazard 

insurance for dwellings or providing such services or insurance 

differently because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial 

status, or national origin.