City of Minneapolis – Title 7 – CIVIL RIGHTS – CHAPTER 139. – IN GENERAL – 139.40.(e) – Acts of discrimination specified.

(e)

Discrimination in property rights. It is an unlawful discriminatory practice for an owner, lessee, sublessee, managing agent, real estate broker, real estate salesperson or other person having the right to sell, rent or lease any property, or any agent or employee of any of these, when race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status, familial status, emancipated minor status, status with regard to a public assistance program, or any requirement of a public assistance program is a motivating factor:

(1)

To refuse to sell, rent or lease, or to refuse to offer for sale, rental or lease; or to refuse to negotiate for the sale, rental, or lease of any real property; or to represent that real property is not available for inspection, sale, rental, or lease when in fact it is so available; or to otherwise make unavailable any property or any facilities of real property. It is an affirmative defense if the refusal, denial, or withholding is due to a requirement of a public assistance program and that requirement would impose an undue hardship. The department may promulgate rules or regulations establishing standards for undue hardship determinations.

(2)

To discriminate against any person in the terms, conditions, or privileges of the sale, rental or lease of any real property or in the full and equal enjoyment of services, facilities, privileges and accommodations, or in the furnishing of facilities or services associated with the real property; except that nothing in this clause shall be construed to prohibit the adoption of reasonable rules intended to protect the safety of minors in their use of the real property or any facilities or services furnished or associated with the real property.

(3)

For an owner, lessee, sublessee, managing agent, real estate broker, real estate salesperson or other person having the right to sell, rent or lease any property, or any agent or employee of any of these:

a.

To fail to make, or refuse to make, reasonable accommodations in rules, policies, practices or services when necessary to afford a person with a disability an opportunity to use, enjoy, or continue to use or enjoy a dwelling; or to otherwise fail to make reasonable accommodation to the known disability of a person, unless such accommodation would impose an undue hardship.

b.

To refuse to permit, at the expense of a person with a disability, reasonable modifications of existing premises occupied or to be occupied by such person if such modifications may be necessary to afford such person full enjoyment of the premises except that, in the case of a rental, the landlord may where it is reasonable to do so, condition permission for a modification on the renter agreeing to restore the interior of the premises to the condition that existed before the modification, reasonable wear and tear excepted.

(4)

To print, circulate, publish or post, or cause to be printed, circulated, published or posted, any advertisement or sign, or use any form of application for the purchase, rental or lease of any real property, or make any record or inquiry, verbal or written, in connection with the prospective purchase, rental or lease of any real property, which expresses directly or indirectly, any limitation, specification or discrimination as to race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status, familial status, emancipated minor status, status with regard to a public assistance program, or any requirement of a public assistance program.

a.

The provisions of this clause regarding familial status and age shall not be construed to prohibit the advertisement of a dwelling unit as available only to older persons if the dwelling meets the requirements of housing for older persons as defined in section 139.20.

b.

This clause shall not apply to advertisements, notices, signs, or statements describing a living arrangement in which persons intend to occupy the same living quarters as another person including sharing a bathroom, bedroom, kitchen or living room.

(5)

For any person to fail to design and construct covered multifamily dwellings so that:

a.

The dwellings have at least one (1) building entrance on an accessible route, unless it is impractical to do so because of terrain or unusual site characteristics; or

b.

With respect to dwellings with a building entrance on an accessible route:

1.

The public and common use portions are readily accessible to and usable by persons with disabilities.

2.

There is an accessible route into and through all dwellings and units.

3.

All doors designed to allow passage into, within and through these dwellings and individual units are wide enough for persons with disabilities in wheelchairs.

4.

Light switches, electrical switches, electrical outlets, thermostats, and other environmental controls are in accessible locations.

5.

Bathroom walls are reinforced to allow later installation of grab bars.

6.

Kitchens and bathrooms have space for a person in a wheelchair to maneuver.

For purposes of this subsection the term “covered multifamily dwellings” means: Buildings consisting of four (4) or more units if such buildings have one (1) or more elevators; or ground floor units in other buildings consisting of four (4) or more units.

(6)

To provide services at different fee schedules between a person with a spouse and a person with registered domestic partner, or between a person with a spouse and children and a person with a registered domestic partner and children.