§ 16-123-302. Definitions
(1) “Aggrieved person” means a person who: (A) Claims to have been injured by a discriminatory housing practice; or (B) Believes that a person will be injured by a discriminatory housing practice that is about to occur; (2) “Commission” means the Arkansas Fair Housing Commission; (3) “Complainant” means a person, including the Director of the […]
§ 16-123-318. Answer
(a) Not later than the tenth day after receipt of the notice and a copy of the complaint as required by § 16-123-317(f)(3), a respondent may file an answer to the complaint. (b) An answer must be: (1) In writing; (2) Under oath; and (3) In the form specified and standardized by this subchapter and […]
§ 16-123-303. Creation — Members
(a) There is created the Arkansas Fair Housing Commission. (b) (1) The Arkansas Fair Housing Commission shall consist of thirteen (13) voting members, to be selected as follows: Seven (7) appointed by the Governor subject to confirmation by the Senate, three (3) appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and three (3) appointed […]
§ 16-123-319. Investigation
(a) The Director of the Arkansas Fair Housing Commission shall investigate all complaints, and except as provided by subsection (b) of this section, shall commence an investigation within thirty (30) days of receiving the complaint and shall complete the investigation no later than the one hundredth day after the complaint is filed, and shall dispose […]
§ 16-123-304. Powers and duties
(a) The Arkansas Fair Housing Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement this subchapter substantially equivalent to those provided in federal fair housing laws and regulations. (b) The commission shall receive, initiate, investigate, seek to conciliate, and, if conciliation fails, seek to resolve complaints alleging violations of this subchapter through the procedures described by this […]
§ 16-123-320. Additional or substitute respondent
(a) The Director of the Arkansas Fair Housing Commission may join a person not named in the complaint as an additional or substitute respondent if, in the course of the investigation, the director determines that the person may have committed a discriminatory housing practice. (b) In addition to the information required in the notice under […]
§ 16-123-305. Director
(a) (1) The Governor shall appoint a Director of the Arkansas Fair Housing Commission who shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. (2) The director shall report to the Secretary of the Department of Inspector General. (3) The Arkansas Fair Housing Commission may fix the compensation, duties, authority, and responsibilities of the director. (b) […]
§ 16-123-108. Retaliation — Interference — Remedies
(a) Retaliation. A person shall not discriminate against any individual because the individual in good faith has opposed any act or practice made unlawful by this subchapter or because the individual in good faith made a charge, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in an investigation, proceeding, or hearing under this subchapter. (b) Interference, […]
§ 16-123-201. Title
This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Arkansas Fair Housing Act”.
§ 16-123-202. Definitions
As used in this subchapter: (1) “Housing accommodation” includes improved or unimproved real property, or a part thereof, which is used or occupied, or is intended, arranged, or designed to be used or occupied, as the home or residence of one (1) or more persons; (2) “Real estate broker or salesperson” means a person, whether […]