It is a discriminatory housing practice to do any of the following:
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Terms Used In Utah Code 57-21-7
Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
Director: means the director of the division or a designee. See Utah Code 57-21-2
Disability: means a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of a person's major life activities, including a person having a record of such an impairment or being regarded as having such an impairment. See Utah Code 57-21-2
Discriminatory housing practice: means an act that is unlawful under this chapter. See Utah Code 57-21-2
Division: means the Division of Antidiscrimination and Labor established under the commission. See Utah Code 57-21-2
Familial status: means one or more individuals who have not attained the age of 18 years being domiciled with:
(i)
a parent or another person having legal custody of the one or more individuals; or
(ii)
the designee of the parent or other person having custody, with the written permission of the parent or other person. See Utah Code 57-21-2
Gender identity: has the meaning provided in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5). See Utah Code 57-21-2
National origin: means the place of birth of an individual or of any lineal ancestors. See Utah Code 57-21-2
Person: includes one or more individuals, corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, associations, labor organizations, legal representatives, mutual companies, joint-stock companies, trusts, unincorporated organizations, trustees, trustees in cases under the United States Bankruptcy Code, receivers, and fiduciaries. See Utah Code 57-21-2
Sex: means gender and includes pregnancy, childbirth, and disabilities related to pregnancy or childbirth. See Utah Code 57-21-2
Sexual orientation: means an individual's actual or perceived orientation as heterosexual, homosexual, or bisexual. See Utah Code 57-21-2
Source of income: means the verifiable condition of being a recipient of federal, state, or local assistance, including medical assistance, or of being a tenant receiving federal, state, or local subsidies, including rental assistance or rent supplements. See Utah Code 57-21-2
(a)
coerce, intimidate, threaten, or interfere with a person:
(i)
in the exercise or enjoyment of a right granted or protected under this chapter;
(ii)
because that person exercised a right granted or protected under this chapter; or
(iii)
because that person aided or encouraged any other person in the exercise or enjoyment of a right granted or protected under this chapter;
(b)
aid, abet, incite, compel, or coerce a person to engage in a practice prohibited by this chapter;
(c)
attempt to aid, abet, incite, compel, or coerce a person to engage in a practice prohibited by this chapter;
(d)
obstruct or prevent a person from complying with this chapter, or any order issued under this chapter;
(e)
resist, prevent, impede, or interfere with the director or a division employee or representative in the performance of duty under this chapter; or
(f)
engage in a reprisal against a person because that person:
(i)
opposed a practice prohibited under this chapter; or
(ii)
filed a complaint, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in an investigation, proceeding, or hearing under this chapter.
(2)
This section also applies to discriminatory housing practices because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, familial status, source of income, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity based upon a person’s association with another person.
