Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 14 - INDEPENDENT AGENCIES › Subtitle 03 - COMMISSION ON HUMAN RELATIONS › Chapter 14.03.04 - Fair Housing Regulations › Section 14.03.04.04 - Unlawful Practices Generally

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A.
				Real Estate Practices Prohibited. In accordance with the Commission's
				interpretation of discriminatory housing practices, under State Government
				Article, §§
									20-705 and
				20-707"20-708,
				Annotated Code of Maryland, it shall be unlawful for a person to:
(1) Refuse to sell or rent a dwelling after
				the making of a bona fide offer, refuse to negotiate for the sale or rental of
				a dwelling or otherwise make unavailable or deny a dwelling to a person because
				of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, marital status,
				national origin, or sexual orientation;
(2) Make, print, or publish, or cause to be
				made, printed, or published any notice, statement, or advertisement with
				respect to the sale or rental of a dwelling that indicates a preference,
				limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, disability,
				familial status, marital status, national origin, or sexual
				orientation;
(3) Represent to a
				person because of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status,
				marital status, national origin, or sexual orientation that a dwelling is not
				available for sale or rental when the dwelling is in fact available;
(4) Induce or attempt to induce for a profit
				a person to sell or rent a dwelling by representations regarding the entry or
				prospective entry into a neighborhood of a person of a particular race, color,
				religion, sex, disability, familial status, marital status, national origin, or
				sexual orientation;
(5)
				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, disability, familial status, marital
				status, national origin, or sexual orientation;
(6) Deny a person access to, or membership or
				participation in, a multi-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, participation in such an organization or
				service, or facility because of race, color, religion, sex, disability,
				familial status, marital status, national origin, or sexual orientation;
				or
(7) Intimidate or interfere with
				or attempt to intimidate or interfere with a person intentionally because of
				race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, marital status,
				national origin, or sexual orientation whether acting under color of law, by
				force or threat of force:
(a) Because the
				person is or has been selling, purchasing, renting, financing, or occupying,
				contracting or negotiating for the sale, purchase, rental, financing, or
				occupation of a dwelling or for applying for or participating in a service,
				organization, or facility relating to the business of selling or renting
				dwellings, or
(b) Because a person
				has made a complaint, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in a
				proceeding under State Government Article, Title 20, Annotated Code of
				Maryland.