R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-37-2

Current through 2024 Public Law 457

Section 34-37-2 - Right to equal housing opportunities - civil rights

The right of all individuals in the state to equal housing opportunities regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, 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, disability, age, familial status, or regardless of the fact that a tenant or applicant or a member of the household is, or has been, or is threatened with being the victim of domestic abuse, or that the tenant or applicant has obtained, or sought, or is seeking, relief from any court in the form of a restraining order for protection from domestic abuse, is hereby recognized as, and declared to be, a civil right. Nothing in this section shall prevent a landlord from proceeding with eviction action against a tenant who fails to comply with § 34-18-24(7).

Amended by 2021 Pub. Laws, ch. 4, § 1, eff. 4/15/2021.

Amended by 2021 Pub. Laws, ch. 3, § 1, eff. 4/15/2021.

Amended by 2015 Pub. Laws, ch. 161, § 1, eff. 7/9/2015.

Amended by 2015 Pub. Laws, ch. 180, § 1, eff. 7/9/2015.

P.L. 1965, ch. 27, § 1; P.L. 1977, ch. 214, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 144, § 3; P.L. 1988, ch. 455, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 398, §1; P.L. 1995 , ch. 32, § 2; P.L. 1997 , ch. 150, § 8; P.L. 2001 , ch. 340, § 2; P.L. 2002 , ch. 118, § 2; P.L. 2002 , ch. 224, § 2.