Prohibits landlords from inquiring about or discriminating on the basis of a tenant's or applicant's immigration or citizenship status, rejecting an applicant based on the type of identifying documentation or disclosing or threatening disclosure of an applicant's or a tenant's immigration or citizenship status for improper purposes.

Summary

<b>Digest: This Act bans a landlord from biases in renting a home based on immigration status. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.8).</b> [<i>Digest: This Act bans biases in the rent or sale of property based on immigration status. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.8).</i>] Prohibits landlords from inquiring about or [<i>disclosing</i>]<b> discriminating on the basis of a tenant's or applicant's</b> immigration <b>or citizenship</b> status<b>,</b> [<i>or</i>] rejecting an applicant [<i>due to immigration status. Prohibits discrimination based on immigration status for real property transactions.</i>] <b>based on the type of identifying documentation or disclosing or threatening disclosure of an applicant's or a tenant's immigration or citizenship status for improper purposes. Authorizes statutory penalties. Becomes operative 30 days after the effective date. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.</b>