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Title 18 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSINGAgency 135 - REAL ESTATE BOARDChapter 50 - FAIR HOUSING REGULATIONSPart II - Regulated Conduct
Article 1 - Prohibited Practices
Section 18VAC135-50-120 - Discriminatory representations on the availability of dwellings

18 Va. Admin. Code § 135-50-120

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Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 2, September 9, 2024
Section 18VAC135-50-120 - Discriminatory representations on the availability of dwellings
A. It shall be unlawful, because of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, elderliness, national origin, source of funds, sexual orientation, gender identity, or military status, to provide inaccurate or untrue information about the availability of dwelling for sale or rental.
B. Prohibited actions under this section include:
1. Indicating through words or conduct that a dwelling that is available for inspection, sale, or rental has been sold or rented because of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, elderliness, national origin, source of funds, sexual orientation, gender identity, or military status.
2. Representing that covenants or other deed, trust, or lease provisions that purport to restrict the sale or rental of dwellings because of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, elderliness, national origin, source of funds, sexual orientation, gender identity, or military status preclude the sale or rental of a dwelling to a person.
3. Enforcing covenants or other deed, trust, or lease provisions that preclude the sale or rental of a dwelling to any person because of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, elderliness, national origin, source of funds, sexual orientation, gender identity, or military status.
4. Limiting information by word or conduct regarding suitably priced dwellings available for inspection, sale, or rental because of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, elderliness, national origin, source of funds, sexual orientation, gender identity, or military status.
5. Providing false or inaccurate information regarding the availability of a dwelling for sale or rental to any person, including testers, regardless of whether such person is actually seeking housing because of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, elderliness, national origin, source of funds, sexual orientation, gender identity, or military status.

18 Va. Admin. Code § 135-50-120

Derived from VR585-01-05 §2.6, eff. December 1, 1991; Amended, Virginia Register Volume 37, Issue 03, eff. 11/1/2020; Amended, Virginia Register Volume 38, Issue 05, eff. 12/1/2021.

Statutory Authority: § 36-96.8 of the Code of Virginia.