TITLE 34
Property
CHAPTER 34-37
Rhode Island Fair Housing Practices Act
SECTION 34-37-5.4
§ 34-37-5.4 Discrimination in residential
real estate related transactions.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person or other entity whose business includes
engaging in residential real estate-related transactions to discriminate
against any person in making available a transaction, or in the terms and
conditions of the transaction, because of race, color, religion, marital
status, military status as a veteran with an honorable discharge or an
honorable or general administrative discharge, servicemember in the armed
forces, country of ancestral origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity
or expression, age, disability, or familial status.
(b) As used in this section, the term "residential real
estate-related transaction" means any of the following:
(1) The making or purchasing of loans or providing other
financial assistance:
(i) For purchasing, constructing, improving, repairing, or
maintaining a dwelling; or
(ii) Secured by residential real estate.
(2) The selling, brokering, or appraising of residential real
property.
(c) Nothing in this chapter prohibits a person engaged in the
business of furnishing appraisals of real property to take into consideration
factors other than race, color, religion, marital status, military status as a
veteran with an honorable discharge or an honorable or general administrative
discharge, servicemember in the armed forces, country of ancestral origin, sex,
sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, or familial
status.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1990, ch. 398, § 2; P.L. 1995, ch. 32, § 2; P.L. 1997, ch. 150,
§ 8; P.L. 2001, ch. 340, § 2; P.L. 2015, ch. 161, § 1; P.L.
2015, ch. 180, § 1.)
