[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR100.70]

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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
    CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, 
               DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 100_DISCRIMINATORY CONDUCT UNDER THE FAIR HOUSING ACT--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart B_Discriminatory Housing Practices
 
Sec. 100.70  Other prohibited sale and rental conduct.

    (a) It shall be unlawful, because of race, color, religion, sex, 
handicap, familial status, or national origin, to restrict or attempt to 
restrict the choices of a person by word or conduct in connection with 
seeking, negotiating for, buying or renting a dwelling so as to 
perpetuate, or tend to perpetuate, segregated housing patterns, or to 
discourage or obstruct choices in a community, neighborhood or 
development.
    (b) It shall be unlawful, because of race, color, religion, sex, 
handicap, familial status, or national origin, to engage in any conduct 
relating to the provision of housing or of services and facilities in 
connection therewith that otherwise makes unavailable or denies 
dwellings to persons.
    (c) Prohibited actions under paragraph (a) of this section, which 
are generally referred to as unlawful steering practices, include, but 
are not limited to:
    (1) Discouraging any person from inspecting, purchasing or renting a 
dwelling because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial 
status, or national origin, or because of the race, color, religion, 
sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin of persons in a 
community, neighborhood or development.
    (2) Discouraging the purchase or rental of a dwelling because of 
race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national 
origin, by exaggerating drawbacks or failing to inform any person of 
desirable features of a dwelling or of a community, neighborhood, or 
development.
    (3) Communicating to any prospective purchaser that he or she would 
not be comfortable or compatible with existing residents of a community, 
neighborhood or development because of race, color, religion, sex, 
handicap, familial status, or national origin.
    (4) Assigning any person to a particular section of a community, 
neighborhood or development, or to a particular floor of a building, 
because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or 
national origin.
    (d) Prohibited activities relating to dwellings under paragraph (b) 
of this section include, but are not limited to:
    (1) Discharging or taking other adverse action against an employee, 
broker or agent because he or she refused to participate in a 
discriminatory housing practice.
    (2) Employing codes or other devices to segregate or reject 
applicants, purchasers or renters, refusing to take or to show listings 
of dwellings in certain areas because of race, color, religion, sex, 
handicap, familial status, or national origin, or refusing to deal with 
certain brokers or agents because they or one or more of their clients 
are of a particular race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial 
status, or national origin.
    (3) Denying or delaying the processing of an application made by a 
purchaser or renter or refusing to approve such a person for occupancy 
in a cooperative or condominium dwelling because of race, color, 
religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin.
    (4) Refusing to provide municipal services or property or hazard 
insurance for dwellings or providing such services or insurance 
differently because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial 
status, or national origin.