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<br />It shall be unlawful and a violation of this ordinance for any person, partnership, corporation, or other entity to engage in discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, age, marital status, sexual
<br />orientation, gender identity, military status, or disability. The prohibited actions in this section shall include and have the meanings ascribed to them in Virginia Human Rights Act, Va. Code §§ 2.2-3900-3909., Va. Code § 15.2-965 and 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981-2000h-6., as amended. Sec. 2-431.2. Unlawful housing discrimination prohibited.
<br />In accordance with 42 U.S.C. § 3604, 42 U.S.C. § 3605, and 42 U.S.C. § 3606, it shall be unlawful and a violation of this article for any person, partnership, corporation, or other entity: (a) To refuse to sell or rent after the making of a bona fide offer, or to refuse to negotiate for the
<br />sale or rental of, or otherwise make unavailable or deny, a dwelling to any person because of
<br />race, color, religion, national origin, sex, elderliness, familial status, source of funds, marital
<br />status, sexual orientation, gender identity, military status, or disability.
<br />(b) To discriminate against any person in the terms, conditions, or privileges of sale or rental of a
<br />dwelling, or in the provision of services or facilities in connection therewith, because of race,
<br />color, religion, national origin, sex, elderliness, familial status, source of funds, marital status,
<br />sexual orientation, gender identity, military status, or disability.
<br />(c) To make, print, or publish, or cause to be made, printed, or published any notice, statement,
<br />or advertisement, with respect to the sale or rental of a dwelling that indicates any preference,
<br />limitation, or discrimination based race, color, religion, national origin, sex, elderliness,
<br />familial status, source of funds, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, military
<br />status, or disability, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation, or discrimination.
<br />(d) To represent to any person because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, elderliness,
<br />familial status, source of funds, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, military
<br />status, or disability, that any dwelling is not available for inspection, sale, or rental when such
<br />dwelling is in fact so available.
<br />(e) For profit, to induce or attempt to induce any person to sell or rent any dwelling by
<br />representations regarding the entry or prospective entry into the neighborhood of
<br />a person or persons of a particular race, color, religion, national origin, sex, elderliness,
<br />familial status, source of funds, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, military
<br />status, or disability.
<br />(f) Furthermore, it shall be unlawful and a violation of this article for any person, partnership,
<br />corporation or other entity:
<br />(1) To discriminate in the sale or rental, or to otherwise make unavailable or
<br />deny, a dwelling to any buyer or renter because of a disability of the following:
<br />(A) that buyer or renter;
<br />(B) a person residing in or intending to reside in that dwelling after it is so sold,
<br />rented, or made available; or
<br />(C) any person associated with that buyer or renter.
<br />(2) To discriminate against any person in the terms, conditions, or privileges of sale or
<br />rental of a dwelling, or in the provision of services or facilities in connection with
<br />such dwelling, because of a disability of:
<br />(A) that person; or
<br />(B) a person residing in or intending to reside in that dwelling after it is so sold,
<br />rented, or made available; or
<br />(C) any person associated with that person.
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