Machesney Park — Ch. 18 Human Rights § 18-20

The village supports the cultivation of a diverse community and the enriched values such communities create, and believes adoption of a fair housing policy enhances equal opportunity, promotes fairness, and is in the best interests of the public health, safety, and general welfare of its residents. In support of this endeavor, the village vehemently opposes the following acts or omissions, and strongly believes these acts or omissions are in derogation of this policy and its purpose: (1)
Discrimination by any owner of real estate, any person engaging in a real estate transaction, or any real estate broker or salesman, lessee, sublessee, real estate broker or salesman, financial institution or employee of the financial institution, advertiser, or agent of any or all of the foregoing, against any person or persons because of their race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, creed, or physical or mental disability, familial status, source of income, or an arrest record with regard to the sale, exchange or rental, or any dealing concerning any housing accommodation and/or real property, including discrimination as set forth in section 3-102 of the Illinois Human Rights Act (775 ILCS 5/3-102).
(2) In addition to the foregoing, the village opposes discrimination by any real estate broker or employee thereof, owner or other person, or financial institution dealing with housing or real property in the village:
a. Against any person in the availability of or the price, terms, conditions or privileges of any kind relating to the sale, rental, lease, or occupancy of any housing accommodation or real property in the village or in the furnishing of any facilities or services in connection therewith.
b. In publishing or circulating, or causing to be published or circulated any notice, statement or advertisement, or to announce a policy, or to use any form of application, for the purposes, lease, rental or financing of real property, or to use any record of inquiry in connection with the prospective purchase, rental or lease of such real estate, which expresses directly or indirectly any discrimination as to race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, creed or physical or mental disability, familial status, source of income, or an arrest record of any person.
c. In connection with lending money, guaranteeing loans, accepting mortgages or otherwise obtaining or making available funds for the purchase, acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair or maintenance of any housing accommodation and/or real property.
d. In soliciting for sale, lease, or listing for the sale or lease, of any housing accommodation and/or real property on the ground of loss of value because of the present or prospective entry into any neighborhood of any person or persons of any particular race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex creed, or physical or mental disability, familial status, source of income, or an arrest record.
e. In distributing or cause to be distributed, written material or statements designated to induce any owner or any housing accommodation and/or real property to sell and or lease property because of any present or prospective change in the race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, creed, or physical or mental disability, familial status, source of income, or an arrest record of persons in the neighborhood.
f. In making any misrepresentation concerning the listing for sale or the anticipated listing for sale of any housing accommodations and/or real property for the purpose of including or attempting to induce the sale or listing for sate of any housing accommodation and/or real property by representing that the presence or anticipated presence of persons of any particular race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, creed, or physical or mental disability, familial status, source of income, or an arrest record in the area will or may result in the lowering of property values in the block, neighborhood, or area in which the property is located.
g. For an owner to solicit any real estate broker to sell, rent or otherwise deal with such owner's housing accommodations and/or real property with any limitation on its sale based on race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, creed, physical or mental disability, familial status, source of income, or an arrest record.
h. For an owner to refuse to sell, rent, or otherwise deal with any housing accommodation and/or real property because of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, creed, or physical or mental disability, familial status, source of income, or an arrest record of the proposed buyer or tenant.