For the purpose of providing and ensuring fair housing opportunities
for all within the Village of Ballston Spa, the Village Board of the Village
of Ballston Spa in the County of Saratoga, State of New York, under the authority
of the General Municipal and Village Laws, hereby obtains, enacts and publishes
this chapter.
Except as exempted by ยงย
114-6, it shall be unlawful within the Village of Ballston Spa:
A.ย To refuse to sell or rent after the making of a bona
fide offer or to refuse to negotiate for the sale or rental of, or otherwise
make unavailable or deny, a dwelling to any person because of race, color,
religion, sex or national origin.
B.ย To discriminate against any person in the terms, conditions
or privileges of sale or rental of a dwelling, or in the provision of services
or facilities in connection therewith, because of race, color, religion, sex
or national origin.
C.ย To 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 any preference, limitation or discrimination
based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin or an intention to
make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.
D.ย To represent to any person because of race, color, religion,
sex or national origin that any dwelling is not available for inspection,
sale or rental when such dwelling is in fact so available.
E.ย For profit, to induce or attempt to induce any person
to sell or rent any dwelling by representations regarding the entry or prospective
entry into the neighborhood of a persons or persons of a particular race,
color, religion, sex or national origin.
It shall be unlawful within the Village of Ballston Spa for any bank, building and loan association, insurance company or other corporation, association, firm or enterprise whose business consists in whole or in part in the making of commercial real estate loans to deny a loan or other financial assistance to a person applying there for the purpose of purchasing, constructing, improving, repairing or maintaining a dwelling or to discriminate against him/her in the fixing of the amount, interest rate, duration or other terms or conditions of such loans or other financial assistance because of the race, color, religion, sex or national origin of such person or of any person associated with him/her in connection with such loan or other financial assistance or the purposes of such loan or other financial assistance or of the present or prospective owners, lessees, tenants or occupants of the dwelling or dwellings in relation to which such loan or other financial assistance is to be made or given, provided that nothing contained in this section shall impair the scope or effectiveness of the exception contained in ยงย
114-6.
It shall be unlawful within the Village of Ballston Spa to deny any
person access to or membership or participation in any multiple-listing service,
real estate broker's organization or other service, organization or facility
relating to the business of selling or renting dwellings or to discriminate
against him/her in the terms or conditions of such access, membership or participation
on account of race, color, religion, sex or national origin.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Village of Ballston
Spa Fair Housing Law."
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be punishable
by a fine of not more than $250 or by imprisonment for not more than 15 days,
or both.