This chapter shall be known as the “Village
of New Haven Fair Housing Ordinance.”
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
HOUSING ACCOMMODATION
Includes improved or unimproved real property, or a part
thereof, which is used or occupied, or is intended, arranged, or designed
to be used or occupied, as the home or residence of one or more persons.
REAL ESTATE BROKER OR SALESMAN
A person, whether licensed or not, who, for or with the expectation
of receiving a consideration, lists, sells, purchases, exchanges,
rents, or leases real property; who negotiates or attempts to negotiate
any of those activities; who holds himself out as engaged in those
activities; who negotiates or attempts to negotiate a loan secured
or to be secured by a mortgage or other encumbrance upon real property;
who is engaged in the business of listing real property in a publication;
or a person employed by or acting on behalf of a real estate broker
or salesman.
REAL PROPERTY
Includes a building, structure, mobile home, real estate,
land, mobile home park, trailer park, tenement, leasehold, or an interest
in a real estate cooperative or condominium.
[Amended 1-13-2015 by Ord. No. 333]
Any person, firm or corporation or other entity or anyone acting on its behalf who or which shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the penalties as set forth in Chapter
59, Municipal Civil Infractions, of the Code of the Village of New Haven. Each day that a violation is permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense.