This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Village of Horseheads
Fair Housing Law."
For the purpose of providing and ensuring fair housing opportunities
for all within the Village of Horseheads, the Village Board of the Village
of Horseheads, in the County of Chemung, 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 §
135-7, it shall be unlawful within the Village of Horseheads:
A. 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, handicap, familial status or national origin.
B. 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,
handicap, familial status or national origin.
C. 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, handicap, familial status or national
origin or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.
D. To represent to any person because of race, color, religion,
sex, handicap, familial status or national origin that any dwelling is not
available for inspection, sale or rental when such dwelling is in fact so
available.
E. 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 person or persons of a particular race, color,
religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin.
It shall be unlawful within the Village of Horseheads 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 therefor for the purpose of purchasing, constructing, improving, repairing or maintaining a dwelling; or to discriminate against him or her in the fixing of the amount, interest rate, duration or other terms or conditions of such loan or other financial assistance because of the race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin of such person or of any person associated with him or 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 §
135-7.
It shall be unlawful within the Village of Horseheads to deny to any
person access to or membership or participation in any multiple-listing service,
real estate brokers' organization or other service, organization or facility
relating to the business of selling or renting dwellings or to discriminate
against him or her in the terms or conditions of such access, membership or
participation on account of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial
status or national origin.
The Village Board may, on its own initiative or on petition, amend,
supplement or repeal the provisions of this chapter, in conformity with applicable
law, after public notice and hearing.
In their interpretation and application, the provisions of this chapter
shall be held to be minimum requirements adopted for the promotion of the
public health, morals, safety or general welfare. Whenever the requirements
of this chapter are at variance with the requirements of any other lawfully
adopted rules, regulations or ordinances, the most restrictive or that imposing
the highest standards shall govern. This chapter supersedes and supplants
the fair housing practices dated April 1990 and adopted by the Village of
Horseheads Board of Trustees by resolution on April 19, 1990.