The General Assembly recognizes: (1) That the right to seek housing underlies the general public’s ability to secure health, safety, and welfare; and (2) Seeks with this subchapter to protect the public’s access to fair housing.
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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) […]
(a) Sections 16-123-310 and 16-123-312 — 16-123-314 do not apply to a single-family house sold or rented by an owner or rooms or units in dwellings containing living quarters occupied or intended to be occupied by no more than four (4) families living independently of each other if the owner actually maintains and occupies one […]
(a) This subchapter does not prohibit a religious organization, association, or society or a nonprofit institution or organization operated, supervised, or controlled by or in conjunction with a religious organization, association, or society from: (1) Limiting the sale, rental, or occupancy of dwellings that it owns or operates for other than a commercial purpose to […]
Nothing in this subchapter prohibits a person engaged in the business of furnishing evaluations, market analyses, or appraisals of real property to take into consideration factors other than race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, or national origin.
This subchapter does not affect a requirement of nondiscrimination in any other act, state law, or federal law.
(a) Because of race, color, religion, sex, familial status, or national origin a person shall not: (1) Refuse to sell or rent a dwelling to a person who has made a bona fide offer; (2) Refuse to negotiate for the sale or rental of a dwelling; or (3) Otherwise make unavailable or deny a dwelling […]
A person shall not make, print, or publish or cause to be made, printed, or published any notice, statement, or advertisement with respect to the sale or rental of a dwelling that indicates any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, or national origin, or an intention to make […]
A person shall not represent to any person because of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, or national origin that a dwelling is not available for inspection, sale, or rental when the dwelling is in fact so available.
A person shall not for profit induce or attempt to induce a person to sell or rent a dwelling by representations regarding the entry or prospective entry into a neighborhood of a person of a particular race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, or national origin.
(a) A person shall not discriminate in the sale or rental or otherwise make unavailable or deny a dwelling to a buyer or renter because of a disability of: (1) That buyer or renter; (2) A person residing in or intending to reside in that dwelling after it is sold, rented, or made available; or […]
(a) A person whose business includes engaging in residential real estate-related transactions shall not discriminate against a person in making a real estate-related transaction available, or in the terms or conditions of a real estate-related transaction because of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, or national origin. (b) As used in this section, “residential […]
A person shall not deny persons access to or membership or participation in a multiple listing service, real estate brokers’ organization or other service, organization, or facility relating to the business of selling or renting dwellings, or discriminate against a person in the terms or conditions of access, membership, or participation in such an organization, […]
(a) The Director of the Arkansas Fair Housing Commission shall investigate any discriminatory housing practices alleged in a complaint filed under this section. (b) A complaint shall be: (1) In writing and under oath; and (2) In the form specified and standardized by this subchapter and the rules promulgated by the Arkansas Fair Housing Commission, […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
