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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 18VAC135-50-80 - Unlawful refusal to sell or rent or to negotiate for the sale or rental

18 Va. Admin. Code § 135-50-80

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Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 2, September 9, 2024
Section 18VAC135-50-80 - Unlawful refusal to sell or rent or to negotiate for the sale or rental

Prohibited actions under this section include:

1. Failing to accept or consider a bona fide offer because of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, elderliness, national origin, source of funds, sexual orientation, gender identity, or military status.
2. Refusing to sell or rent a dwelling to, or to negotiate for the sale or rental of a dwelling with any person because of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, elderliness, national origin, source of funds, sexual orientation, gender identity, or military status.
3. Imposing different sales prices or rental charges for the sale or rental of a dwelling upon 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. Using different qualification criteria or applications or sale or rental standards or procedures, such as income standards, application requirements, application fees, credit analysis, or sale or rental approval procedures or other requirements, because of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, elderliness, national origin, source of funds, sexual orientation, gender identity, or military status.
5. Evicting tenants because of their race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, elderliness, national origin, source of funds, sexual orientation, gender identity, or military status or because of the race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, elderliness, national origin, source of funds, sexual orientation, gender identity, or military status of a tenant's guest.

18 Va. Admin. Code § 135-50-80

Derived from VR585-01-05 §2.2, eff. December 1, 1991; amended, Virginia Register Volume 19, Issue 24, eff. September 10, 2003; 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.