[Code 1974, Ch. 113A; amended 7-23-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-05; 11-7-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-07]
(a)
An owner or any other person engaging in a real estate transaction,
or a real estate broker or salesman, shall not on the basis of religion,
race, color, national origin, age, sex, height, weight, condition
of pregnancy, familial status, marital status, physical or mental
limitation, disability, source of income, educational association,
sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or HIV status of
a person or a person residing with that person:
(1)
Refuse to engage in a real estate transaction with a person.
(2)
Discriminate against a person in the terms, conditions, or privileges
of a real estate transaction or in the furnishing of facilities or
services in connection with a real estate transaction.
(3)
Refuse to receive from a person or transmit to a person a bona fide
offer to engage in a real estate transaction.
(4)
Refuse to negotiate for a real estate transaction with a person.
(5)
Represent to a person that real property is not available for inspection,
sale, rental, or lease when in fact it is so available, or knowingly
fail to bring a property listing to a person's attention, or
refuse to permit a person to inspect real property, or otherwise make
unavailable or deny real property to a person.
(6)
Make, print, circulate, post, mail, or otherwise cause to be made
or published a statement, advertisement, notice, or sign, or use a
form of application for a real estate transaction, or make a record
of inquiry in connection with a prospective real estate transaction,
that indicates, directly or indirectly, an intent to make a preference,
limitation, specification, or discrimination with respect to the real
estate transaction.
(7)
Offer, solicit, accept, use, or retain a listing of real property
with the understanding that a person may be discriminated against
in a real estate transaction or in the furnishing of facilities or
services in connection therewith.
(8)
Discriminate against a person in the brokering or appraising of real
property.
(9)
Place a sign or other display on any real property that indicates
that the property is for sale or has been sold when it is not for
sale or has not recently been sold.
(b)
A person shall not deny a person access to, or membership or participation
in, a multiple listing service, real estate brokers' organization,
or other service, organization, or facility relating to the business
of selling or renting real property or discriminate against him in
the terms or conditions of that access, membership, or participation
because of religion, race, color, national origin, age, sex, height,
weight, condition of pregnancy, physical or mental limitation, disability,
source of income, familial status, educational association, marital
status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or HIV
status.
(c)
(1)
The rental of a housing facility in a building that contains housing
facilities for not more than two families living independently of
each other if the owner or a member of the owner's immediate
family resides in one of the housing facilities or to the rental of
a room or rooms in a single-family dwelling by a person if the lessor
or a member of the lessor's immediate family resides in the dwelling.
(2)
The rental of a housing facility for not more than 12 months by the
owner or lessor if it was occupied by him and maintained as his home
for at least three months immediately preceding occupancy by the tenant
and is maintained as the owner's or lessor's legal residence.
[Code 1974, Ch. 113A; amended 7-23-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-05; 11-7-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-07]
(a)
A person to whom application is made for financial assistance or
financing in connection with a real estate transaction or in connection
with the construction, rehabilitation, repair, maintenance, or improvement
of real property, or a representative of that person, shall not:
(1)
Discriminate against the applicant because of the religion, race,
color, national origin, age, sex, height, weight, condition of pregnancy,
source of income, familial status, marital status, physical or mental
limitation, disability, educational association, sexual orientation,
gender identity or expression or HIV status of the applicant or a
person residing with the applicant.
(2)
Use a form of application for financial assistance or financing or
make or keep a record or inquiry in connection with an application
for financial assistance or financing that indicates, directly or
indirectly, a preference, limitation, specification, or discrimination
as to the religion, race, color, national origin, age, sex, height,
weight, condition of pregnancy, physical or mental limitation, disability,
source of income, familial status, educational association, marital
status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or HIV
status of the applicant or a person residing with the applicant.
(b)
A person whose business includes engaging in real estate transactions
shall not discriminate against a person because of religion, race,
color, national origin, age, sex, height, weight, condition of pregnancy,
physical or mental limitation, disability, source of income, familial
status, educational association, marital status, sexual orientation,
gender identity or expression, or HIV status in the purchasing of
loans for acquiring, constructing, improving, repairing, or maintaining
a dwelling or the making or purchasing of loans or the provision of
other financial assistance secured by residential real estate.
(c)
Subsection (a)(2) of this section does not apply to a form of application
for financial assistance prescribed for the use of a lender regulated
as a mortgagee under the National Housing Act, Chapter 847, 48 Stat.
1246, or by a regulatory board or officer acting under the statutory
authority of Michigan or the United States.
[Code 1974, Ch. 113A; amended 7-23-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-05; 11-7-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-07]
(a)
A condition, restriction, or prohibition, including a right of entry
or possibility of reverter, that directly or indirectly limits the
use or occupancy of real property on the basis of religion, race,
color, national origin, age, sex, height, weight, condition of pregnancy,
familial status, marital status, physical or mental limitation, disability,
source of income, educational association, sexual orientation, gender
identity or expression, or HIV status is void, except a limitation
of use as provided in this chapter or on the basis of religion relating
to real property held by a religious institution or organization or
by a religious or charitable organization operated, supervised, or
controlled by a religious institution or organization and used for
religious or charitable purposes.
(b)
A person shall not insert in a written instrument relating to real
property a provision that is void under this section or honor such
a provision in the chain of title.
[Code 1974, Ch. 113A; amended 7-23-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-05; 11-7-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-07]
A person shall not represent, for the purpose of inducing a
real estate transaction from which the person may benefit financially,
that a change has occurred or will or may occur in the composition
with respect to religion, race, color, national origin, age, sex,
height, weight, condition of pregnancy, physical or mental limitation,
disability, source of income, familial status, marital status, educational
association, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or
HIV status of the owners or occupants in the block, neighborhood,
or area in which the real property is located or represent that this
change will or may result in the lowering of property values, an increase
in criminal or antisocial behavior, or a decline in the quality of
schools in the block, neighborhood, or area in which the real property
is located.
[Code 1974, Ch. 113A; amended 7-23-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-05; 11-7-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-07]
This chapter does not preclude the use by a landlord of reasonable
accommodations as required by the Persons with Disabilities Civil
Rights Act, Public Act No. 220 of 1976 (MCL § 37.1102 et
seq.).
[Code 1974, Ch. 113A; amended 7-23-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-05; 11-7-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-07]
Nothing in this chapter shall be considered to prohibit an owner,
lender, or his agent from requiring that an applicant who seeks to
buy, rent, lease, or obtain financial assistance for housing facilities
supply information concerning the applicant's financial, business,
or employment status or other information designed solely to determine
the applicant's credit worthiness, but not for reasons contrary
to the provisions or purposes of this chapter.
[Code 1974, Ch. 113A; amended 7-23-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-05; 11-7-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-07]
(a)
A person shall not do any of the following in connection with a real
estate transaction:
(1)
Refuse to permit, at the expense of the person with a disability,
reasonable modifications of existing premises occupied or to be occupied
by the person with a disability if those modifications may be necessary
to afford the person with a disability full enjoyment of the premises.
In the case of a rental, the landlord may, if reasonable, make permission
for a modification contingent on the renter's agreement to restore
the interior of the premises to the condition that existed before
the modification, reasonable wear and tear excepted.
(2)
Refuse to make reasonable accommodations in rules, policies, practices,
or services when the accommodations may be necessary to afford the
person with a disability equal opportunity to use and enjoy residential
real property.
(3)
In connection with the design and construction of covered multifamily
dwellings for first occupancy after March 13, 1991, fail to include
all of the following features:
a.
The dwellings have at least one building entrance on an accessible
route, unless that is impractical because of the terrain or unusual
characteristics of the site.
b.
The public and common-use portions of the dwellings are readily accessible
to and usable by persons with disabilities.
c.
All the doors designed to allow passage into and within all premises
within the dwellings are sufficiently wide to allow passage by persons
with disabilities in wheelchairs.
d.
All premises within covered multifamily dwellings contain an accessible
route into and through the dwelling; light switches, electrical outlets,
thermostats, and other environmental controls in accessible locations;
reinforcements in bathroom walls to allow later installation of grab
bars; and kitchens and bathrooms designed so that an individual in
a wheelchair can maneuver about the space.
(b)
As used in this section, the term "covered multifamily dwellings"
means buildings consisting of four or more units if the buildings
have one or more elevators and ground-floor units in other buildings
consisting of four or more units.
