Rhode Island § 34-37-5.3 § 34-37-5.3. Fostering of segregated housing prohibited.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 34-37-5.3 — § 34-37-5.3. Fostering of segregated housing prohibited.

Rhode Island § 34-37-5.3

Title 34Property

Ch. 34-37Rhode Island Fair Housing Practices Act

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Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-37-5.3 (2026).

Text

§ 34-37-5.3. Fostering of segregated housing prohibited.
It shall be an unlawful discriminatory housing practice to for profit induce, or attempt
            to induce, any person to sell or rent any dwelling by representations regarding the
            entry or prospective entry into the neighborhood of a person or persons of a particular
            race, color, religion, marital status, lawful source of income, 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.
        

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§ 34-37-5.3. Fostering of segregated housing prohibited.

It shall be an unlawful discriminatory housing practice to for profit induce, or attempt to induce, any person to sell or rent any dwelling by representations regarding the entry or prospective entry into the neighborhood of a person or persons of a particular race, color, religion, marital status, lawful source of income, 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.

Legislative History

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; P.L. 2021, ch. 3, § 1, effective April 15, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 4, § 1, effective April 15, 2021.