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Current as of January 01, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
§ 3-102. Civil rights violations; real estate transactions. It is a civil rights violation for an owner or any other person engaging in a real estate transaction, or for a real estate broker or salesman, because of unlawful discrimination, familial status, source of income, or an arrest record, as defined under subsection (B-5) of Section 1-103, to:
(A) Transaction. Refuse to engage in a real estate transaction with a person or to discriminate in making available such a transaction;
(B) Terms. Alter the terms, conditions or privileges of a real estate transaction or in the furnishing of facilities or services in connection therewith;
(C) Offer. Refuse to receive or to fail to transmit a bona fide offer to engage in a real estate transaction from a person;
(D) Negotiation. Refuse to negotiate for a real estate transaction with a person;
(E) Representations. Represent to a person that real property is not available for inspection, sale, rental, or lease when in fact it is so available, or to fail to bring a property listing to his or her attention, or to refuse to permit him or her to inspect real property;
(F) Publication of Intent. Make, print, circulate, post, mail, publish or cause to be made, printed, circulated, posted, mailed, or published any notice, statement, advertisement or sign, or use a form of application for a real estate transaction, or make a record or inquiry in connection with a prospective real estate transaction, that indicates any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on unlawful discrimination or unlawful discrimination based on familial status, source of income, or an arrest record, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation, or discrimination;
(G) Listings. Offer, solicit, accept, use or retain a listing of real property with knowledge that unlawful discrimination or discrimination on the basis of familial status, source of income, or an arrest record in a real estate transaction is intended.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Illinois Statutes Chapter 775. Human Rights § 5/3-102. Civil rights violations; real estate transactions - last updated January 01, 2022 | https://codes.findlaw.com/il/chapter-775-human-rights/il-st-sect-775-5-3-102/
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