It shall be unlawful 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/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, national origin, ancestry, sex, disability, familial status, sexual orientation or gender identity of such person, of any person associated with him/her in connection with the loan or other financial assistance, or of the prospective owners, lessees, tenants, or occupants of the dwelling or dwellings in relation to which the loan or other financial assistance is to be made or given; however, nothing contained in this Section shall impair the scope or effectiveness of the exceptions contained in Section
310.090.
It shall be unlawful for any person to deny any person access
to or membership or participation in any multiple-listing service,
real estate brokers' organization or other services, organization,
or facility relating to the business of selling or renting dwellings,
or to discriminate against him/her in the terms or conditions of such
access, membership or participation, on account of race, color, religion,
national origin, ancestry, sex, disability, familial status, sexual
orientation or gender identity.
No person, group, organization, association, corporation or
other entity who has obtained a permit from the City of Lakeshire,
pursuant to this Chapter, shall discriminate against any qualified
participants in any activities to be undertaken pursuant to such permit
on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry,
sex, disability, familial status, sexual orientation or gender identity.
The authority and responsibility for administering this code
shall be in the Commission. The Commission shall administer this code
in a manner affirmatively to further the policies of this code and
to prevent or eliminate discriminatory housing practices. The Commission
shall cooperate with and render technical assistance through Federal,
State, or other public or private agencies, organizations, and institutions
which are formulating or carrying out programs to prevent or eliminate
discriminatory housing practices.
Any person who shall commit a discriminatory housing practice
in violation of this Chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished
for each violation by a fine of not less than $100 and not more than
$500.