8410-93 Amending Article 9 of Chapter 2 Human Rights Ordinance

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1 transaction" means the following: (1) Making or purchasing loans or providing other financial assistance: (A) To purchase, construct, improve, repair, or maintain a dwelling; or (B) Secured by residential real estate. (2) Selling, brokering, or appraising residential real property. (b) A person whose business includes engaging in residential real estate related transactions may not discriminate against a person in making a real estate related transaction available, or in the terms or conditions of a real estate related transaction because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, disability, familial status, or national origin. [P.L. 66-1190, §2 . ] Section 2-128 . 4 . Brokers' Organizations, Services, or Facilities . A person may not deny any person access to, or membership or participation in, a multiple-listing service, real estate brokers' organization or other service, organization, or facility relating to the business of selling or renting dwellings, or discriminate against a person in the terms or conditions of access, membership, or participation in such an organization, service, or facility because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin. [P .L. 66-1990, §2 . ] Section 2-128 .5. Elderly Housing Exception to Discrimination Based on Familial Status . (a) The denial of housing rights and opportunities based on familial status as prohibited by this article shall not apply to housing intended for and solely occupied by persons over 62 years of age or older or which is designed and operated to assist elderly persons under a federal or state program. If there are persons living in such housing under age 62, this exception applies provided that : (al) All occupants after September 13, 1988 are at least 62 years old; (b2) Any unoccupied units are reserved for occupancy by persons at least 62 years old; and (e3) Any persons under age 62 occupying said housing after September 13, 1988 are employees of the housing and their family members residing in the same unit, and such employees perform substantial duties directly related to the management or maintenance of the housing. (b) The determination of whether any housing unit falls within the exception created by this section shall be made by the Commission and shall be consistent with any determinations already made by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development . Chapter 2, Article 9, is hereby amended to add a new Section 2- 128 .6 of the Municipal Code of the City of South Bend, Indiana, as follows: gcnt i nn C.