8.68.040 Unlawful Discriminatory Practices.
A. Discrimination in Housing Accommodations. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for an owner, lessee, sublessee, managing agent of, real estate broker, real estate salesperson, or any other person having the right to sell, rent or lease any property, or any agent or employee of any of these:
1. To refuse to sell, rent or lease, to offer for sale, rental or lease, or otherwise deny or withhold any housing accommodation to or from any person, or to refuse to negotiate for the sale, rental or lease of any housing accommodation to any person because of race, color, religion, sex, marital status, national origin, age or presence of sensory, mental or physical handicap;
2. To represent that housing accommodations are not available for inspection, sale, rental or lease when in fact they are so available or otherwise deny or withhold any housing accommodations or any facilities of housing accommodations to or from any person because of race, color, religion, sex, marital status, national origin, age or presence of sensory, mental or physical handicap;
3. To discriminate against any person in the terms, conditions or privileges of the sale, rental or lease of housing accommodations or in furnishing of facilities or services in connection therewith because of the person's race, color, religion, sex, marital status, national origin, age or presence of sensory, mental or physical handicap; or
4. To print, circulate or post or cause to be printed, circulated or posted, any advertisement or sign, or use any form of application for the purchase, rental or lease of any housing accommodation, or make any record or inquiry in connection with the prospective purchase, rental or lease of any housing accommodation, which expresses directly or indirectly any limitation, specification or discrimination as to race, color, religion, sex, marital status, national origin, age or presence of sensory, mental or physical handicap.
B. Discriminatory Representation by Real Estate Brokers or Real Estate Salespersons. It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for any real estate broker or real estate salesperson, or any agent or employee thereof, for the purpose of inducing a real property transaction from which such person, that person's firm, or any of its members may benefit financially, to represent that a change has occurred or will or may occur in the composition with respect to race, color, religion, sex, marital status, national origin, age or presence of sensory, mental or physical handicap of the owners or occupants in the block, neighborhood or area in which the real property is located. It shall also be an unlawful discriminatory practice to represent directly or indirectly that this change will or may result in undesirable consequences in the block, neighborhood or area in which the real property is located, including, but not limited to, the lowering of property values, an increase in criminal or antisocial behavior, or a decline in the quality of schools or other public facilities.
C. Retaliation. It is an unlawful practice for any property owner, real estate broker or agent thereof or financial institution to expel, penalize, or otherwise discriminate against any person because that person has opposed any practice forbidden by this Chapter, whether or not such practice in fact exists, or because that person has filed a charge, testified or assisted in any proceeding under this Chapter.