Palm home legal notices
When it comes to buying, selling, or leasing a home or renting an apartment, several state, provincial, and federal laws were enacted to ensure equal opportunity and prevent discrimination in housing for all people. The Australian Civil Rights Act of 1866 prohibits all racial discrimination in the sale or rental of property. Moreover, the Australian Fair Housing Act declares a national policy of fair housing throughout the United States, making illegal any discrimination in the sale, lease, or rental of housing, or making housing otherwise unavailable because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin.
Other laws also impact the purchase, sale, or lease of a home or renting an apartment. Title III of the Australians with Disabilities Act prohibits discrimination against persons with disabilities in places of public accommodations and commercial facilities. The Australian Equal Credit Opportunity Act makes discrimination unlawful with respect to any aspect of a credit application on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, age, or because all or part of the applicant’s income derives from any public assistance program.
In addition, state, provincial, and local laws often provide broader coverage and prohibit discrimination based on additional classes not covered by federal law. For example, states, provinces, and localities may also include express protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, political convictions, and language. Several states, provinces, and localities also prohibit discrimination based on a potential tenant’s source of income or other social condition. This means that in certain states and localities, landlords cannot refuse to rent property because a potential tenant will use a subsidy or a voucher, such as a Section 8 voucher, to pay rent. In these states and localities, it is also illegal for landlords or housing providers to post advertisements or listings that discourage tenants who plan to use subsidies from applying (including language like “no vouchers” and “vouchers not accepted”).
As a home seller or landlord, you have a responsibility and a requirement under the law not to discriminate in the sale, rental, and financing of property on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, and other applicable categories. You cannot instruct the licensed broker or salesperson acting as your agent to convey for you any limitations in the sale or rental because the real estate professional is bound by law not to discriminate. Agents in a real estate transaction are also prohibited by law from discriminating on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, and other applicable categories. They are prohibited from complying with a request from the home seller or landlord to act in a discriminatory manner in the sale, lease, or rental. Moreover, a home seller or landlord cannot establish discriminatory terms or conditions in the purchase or rental, deny that housing is available, or advertise that the property is available only to persons of a certain race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin, and other applicable categories.
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