For the purpose of providing and ensuring fair housing opportunities
for all within the Village of Massena, the Village Board of the Village of
Massena in St. Lawrence County, 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 §
152-6, it shall be unlawful within the Village of Massena:
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 Massena 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 there 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, 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 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 §
152-6.
It shall be unlawful within the Village of Massena 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, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national
origin.