For the purpose of providing and ensuring fair housing opportunities
for all within the Town of Waterford, the Town Board of the Town of
Waterford, in the County of Saratoga, State of New York, under the
authority of the General Municipal and Town Laws, hereby obtains,
enacts, and publishes this chapter.
Except as exempted by §
81-4, it shall be unlawful within the Town of Waterford:
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 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 Town of Waterford, 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 thereof for the purpose of purchasing, constructing, improving, repairing, or maintaining a dwelling; or to discriminate against him in the fixing of the amount, interest rate, duration or other terms or conditions of such loan or other financial assistance because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin of such person or of any person associated with him in connection with such loan or other financial assistance, or the purpose 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 §
81-6.
It shall be unlawful within the Town of Waterford to deny any
person access to or membership or participation in any multiple-listing
service, real estate broker's organization, or other services, organization,
or facility relating to the business of selling or renting dwellings;
or to discriminate against him in the terms or conditions of such
access, membership, or participation on account of race, color, religion,
sex handicap, familial status, or national origin.