Maple Park — Title 6 Ch. 6 Fair Housing § 6-6-4

A. Acts enumerated. It shall be an unfair housing practice and unlawful for any real estate broker, real estate salesman or agent thereof licensed as such by the state, any owner, or any other person or any lending institutions:
1. To publish, circulate, issue or display, or cause to be published, circulated, issued or displayed, any communication, notice, advertisement, sign or other writing of any kind relating to the sale, rental or leasing of any housing accommodation within the village which will indicate or express any limitation or discrimination in the sale, rental or leasing of such housing accommodation, predicated upon the race, color, religion, ancestry or national origin, gender, age, marital status, familial status, physical or mental handicap of any prospective buyer, lessee or renter of such property.
2. To discriminate, or to participate in discrimination, in connection with borrowing or 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 accommodations in the village because of race, color, religion, ancestry or national origin, gender, age, marital status, familial status, physical or mental handicap.
3. It shall be an unlawful housing practice and a violation of this chapter for any owner or other person to sell or lease a real property on terms, conditions or privileges, that discriminate between persons because of race, color, religion or national origin, gender, age, marital status, familial status, physical or mental handicap.
4. To solicit for sale, lease or listing for sale or lease, any housing accommodation within the village on the ground of loss of value due to the present or prospective entry into any neighborhood of any person or persons of any particular race, color, religion, ancestry, or national origin, gender, age, marital status, familial status, physical or mental handicap.
5. To distribute or cause to be distributed, written material or statements designed to induce any owner of any housing accommodation in the village to sell or lease his property because of any present or prospective change in the race, color, religion, ancestry or national origin, gender, age, marital status, familial status, physical or mental handicap of persons in the neighborhood.
6. To make any misrepresentations concerning the listing for sale or the anticipated listing for sale or the sale of any housing accommodation for the purpose of inducing or attempting to induce the sale or listing for sale of any housing accommodation by representing that the presence or anticipated presence of persons of any particular race, religion, color, or national origin, gender, age, marital status, familial status, physical or mental handicap 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.
7. To make any distinction, discrimination or restriction against any person in the price, terms, conditions or privileges of any kind relating to the sale, rental, lease or occupancy of any housing accommodation in the village or in furnishing of any facilities or services in connection therewith, predicated upon the race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, gender, age, marital status, familial status, physical or mental handicap of the prospective or actual buyer or tenant thereof.
8. To refuse to sell, lease or rent, any housing accommodation within the village because of race, color, religion or national origin or ancestry, gender, age, marital status, familial status, physical or mental handicap.
9. To refuse to show to any qualified buyer who has specified his needs and demonstrated his ability to finance the purchase or lease of real property, the list or other records identifying all real properties reasonably meeting such specifications.
10. To deliberately and knowingly refuse examination of copies to any qualified buyer of any listing of housing accommodations in the village to any person because of race, color, religion or national origin or ancestry, gender, age, marital status, familial status, physical or mental handicap.
11. To enter into a listing agreement which prohibits the sale or rental of housing accommodations to any person because of race, color, creed, religion or national origin or ancestry, gender, age, marital status, familial status, physical or mental handicap.
12. To act or undertake to act with respect to any housing accommodation the disposition of which is prohibited to any person because of race, color, creed, religion or national origin or ancestry, gender, age, marital status, familial status, physical or mental handicap.
13. To solicit an agent to sell any housing accommodation with any limitations on its sale based on race, color, religion or national origin, gender, age, marital status, familial status, physical or mental handicap.
14. To harass, intimidate or threaten any real estate broker, real estate salesman or agent thereof, owner or any other person who is about to sell or lease or has sold or leased any housing accommodations or is about to buy or lease or has bought or leased any housing accommodation, when the harassment, intimidation or threat relates to an attempt to sell, buy or lease a housing accommodation, or refers to a sale, purchase or lease of a housing accommodation.
B. Negotiations not in good faith. Nothing in these regulations shall require any person to offer housing or business accommodations for sale or lease or to show such accommodations to any person if such person is not negotiating for the purchase or lease thereof in good faith, either for himself or on behalf of another.
C. Giving preference. Nothing in these regulations shall be deemed to prohibit any real estate broker, real estate salesman, any owner or any other person from giving preference to prospective tenants or buyers for any reason other than the religion, race, color or national origin, gender, age, marital status, familial status, physical or mental handicap of the prospective tenant or buyer.