Pennsylvania Code › Title 16 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Part II - Governor's Office › Subpart A - Human Relations Commission › Chapter 45 - HOUSING ACCOMMODATIONS/COMMERCIAL PROPERTY › Subchapter A - REGULATIONS › Section 45.4 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) As used in this
					 chapter, unless a different meaning appears from the context or a different
					 definition is provided in this section, the definitions found at §
											44.4 (relating to definitions)
					 apply.
(b) The following words and
					 terms, when used in this chapter, have the following meanings, unless the
					 context clearly indicates otherwise:
Act
-The Pennsylvania Human Relations Act
						(43
						P. S. §§
													951-963).
Aggrieved person
-As used in section 9(a)
						of the act (43 P. S. §
													959(a)), a person claiming
						to be aggrieved includes a person who does one of the following:
(i) Claims to be aggrieved by a
					 discriminatory housing practice.
(ii) Reasonably believes that he will be
					 injured by a discriminatory housing practice that is about to occur.
Commission
-The Human Relations
						Commission of the Commonwealth.
Dormitory
-A building with sleeping
						accommodations provided by an educational institution approved by, licensed by
						or if not required to be so approved or licensed, subject to 22 Pa. Code Part I
						(relating to Board of Education) for its on campus students.
Housing accommodations
or
commercial property
-All real property subject to the
						jurisdiction of the act.
Housing for older persons
-Housing that
						is one or more of the following:
(i)
					 Provided under a Federal or State program that the Commission determines is
					 specifically designed and operated to assist elderly persons as defined in a
					 Federal or State program. In determining whether a Federal or State program is
					 designed and operated to assist elderly persons, the opinion of the Secretary
					 of Housing and Urban Development will be adopted.
(ii) Intended for, and solely occupied by
					 persons 62 years of age or older.
(iii) Intended and operated for occupancy by
					 at least one person 55 years of age or older per unit.
Personal residence
-A duplex house or
						other house in which the owner thereof maintains bona fide residence for
						himself. The term does not include a building containing three or more separate
						living quarters occupied or intended to be occupied by individuals or families
						living independently of each other, whether or not the owner maintains a bona
						fide residence therein. A building or structure occupied and used by the owner
						shall lose its identity as a personal residence when the owner moves out of the
						building and no longer uses it as a bona fide residence for himself.
Protected class
-The term includes the
						following:
(i) The race, color,
					 familial status, age, religious creed, ancestry, sex, national origin, handicap
					 or disability of any person.
(ii)
					 The handicap or disability of an individual with whom the person is known to
					 have a relationship or association.
(iii) The use of a guide or support animal
					 because of the blindness, deafness or physical handicap of the user or because
					 the user is a handler or trainer of guide or support animals.
Real estate-related transaction
-One or
						more of the following:
(i) Making or
					 purchasing of loans or providing other financial assistance for purchasing,
					 constructing, improving, repairing or maintaining a housing accommodation or
					 commercial property.
(ii)
					 Purchasing, constructing, improving, repairing or maintaining a housing
					 accommodation or commercial property.
(iii) Selling, brokering or appraising real
					 property.
Rooming house
-A building containing
						single rooms for rent with no private individual kitchen facilities for use by
						the renters.