§ 34-37-2 - Right to equal housing opportunities – Civil rights.
SECTION 34-37-2
§ 34-37-2 Right to equal housingopportunities – Civil rights. – The right of all individuals in the state to equal housing opportunities andregardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identityor expression, marital status, country of ancestral origin, disability, age,familial status, or regardless of the fact that a tenant or applicant, or amember of the household, is or has been, or is threatened with being, thevictim of domestic abuse, or that the tenant or applicant has obtained, orsought, or is seeking, relief from any court in the form of a restraining orderfor protection from domestic abuse, is hereby recognized as, and declared tobe, a civil right. Nothing in this section shall prevent a landlord fromproceeding with eviction action against a tenant who fails to comply with§ 34-18-24(7).