For the purpose of providing and ensuring fair housing opportunities
for all within the Village of Fonda, the Village Board of the Village
of Fonda, in the County of Montgomery, State of New York, under general
authority of the General Municipal and Village Laws, hereby enacts
and publishes this chapter.
Except as exempted by §
49-6, it shall be unlawful within the Village of Fonda:
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,
creed, color, national original, sexual orientation, military status,
sex, disability, marital status or familial status.
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, creed, color,
national original, sexual orientation, military status, sex, disability,
marital status or familial status.
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, creed, color, national original, sexual
orientation, military status, sex, disability, marital status or familial
status, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or
discrimination.
D. To represent to any person because of race, creed, color, national
original, sexual orientation, military status, sex, disability, marital
status or familial status that any dwelling is not available for inspection,
sale, 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 representation regarding the entry or prospective
entry into the neighborhood of a person or persons of a particular
race, creed, color, national original, sexual orientation, military
status, sex, disability, marital status or familial status.
It shall be unlawful within the Village of Fonda 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 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 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, creed, color, national original, sexual orientation, military status, sex, disability, marital status or familial status of such person or any person associated with him 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 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 §
49-6.
It shall be unlawful within the Village of Fonda 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 in the terms or conditions
of such access, membership or participation on account of race, creed,
color, national original, sexual orientation, military status, sex,
disability, marital status or familial status.
Where a person or organization has been found to be in violation
of this chapter, a fine shall be imposed on such person or organization
not to exceed $1,000 for a first offense, $2,000 for a second offense,
and $5,000 for a third offense. The minimum fine for violations of
this chapter shall be $500 for the first offense and $500 for each
additional offense. Each and every separate violation of this chapter
shall be deemed an offense for the purposes of imposing the appropriate
fine.
The provisions of this chapter shall be held to be minimum requirements
adopted for the promotion of the public health, morals, safety or
the 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 shall be known and may be cited as "The Village
of Fonda Fair Housing Law."