§ 8-3-205. Permissible Limitations in Sale, Rental, or Occupancy of Dwellings by Religious Organizations or Private Clubs; Housing for Older Persons
Nothing in this article shall prohibit a religious organization, association, or society, or any nonprofit institution or organization operated, supervised, or controlled by or in conjunction with a religious organization, association, or society, from limiting the sale, rental, or occupancy of dwellings which it owns or operates for other than a commercial purpose to persons […]
§ 8-3-221. Cooperation With Federal and Local Agencies
The administrator may cooperate with federal and local agencies charged with the administration of federal and local fair housing laws or ordinances and, with the consent of such agencies, utilize the services of such agencies and their employees. In furtherance of such cooperative efforts, the administrator may enter into written agreements with such federal or […]
§ 8-3-206. Powers and Duties of Administrator; Housing and Urban Development Programs of Other Agencies
The authority and responsibility for administering this article shall be vested in the administrator of the Commission on Equal Opportunity. The administrator may delegate any of the administrator’s functions, duties, and powers to employees of the Commission on Equal Opportunity or to boards of such employees, including functions, duties, and powers with respect to investigating, […]
§ 8-3-222. Coercion, Intimidation, Threats, or Interference
It shall be unlawful to coerce, intimidate, threaten, or interfere with any person in the exercise or enjoyment of, or on account of such person’s having exercised or enjoyed, or on account of such person’s having aided or encouraged any other person in the exercise or enjoyment of, any right granted or protected by this […]
§ 8-3-207. Educational and Conciliatory Activities; Conferences; Consultation as to Extent of Discrimination; Reports
The administrator shall commence such educational and conciliatory activities as in the administrator’s judgment will further the purposes of this article. The administrator shall call conferences of persons in the housing industry and other interested parties to acquaint them with this article and the administrator’s suggested means of implementing this article and shall endeavor with […]
§ 8-3-223. Compliance With Federal Law
Compliance with the provisions of the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 (Pub. L. No. 100-430) shall be deemed compliance with the provisions of paragraph (7) of Code Section 8-3-201 and subparagraph (a)(7)(B) of Code Section 8-3-202. In addition, should any provision of this article relating to the treatment of persons with disabilities be in […]
§ 8-3-152. Definitions
As used in this article, the term: “Federal government” means the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the United States of America. “Housing authority” means any housing authority created pursuant to Article 1 of this chapter, the “Housing Authorities Law.” “Housing project” means any work or undertaking of […]
§ 8-3-153. Powers of State Public Bodies as to Housing Projects Generally
For the purpose of aiding and cooperating in the planning, undertaking, construction, or operation of housing projects located within the area in which it is authorized to act, any state public body may, upon such terms, with or without consideration, as it may determine: Dedicate, sell, convey, or lease any of its property to a […]
§ 8-3-154. Contracts for Payments to State Public Bodies for Improvements, Services, and Facilities Provided
In connection with any housing project located wholly or partly within the area in which it is authorized to act, any state public body may contract with a housing authority or the federal government with respect to the sum or sums, if any, which the housing authority or the federal government may agree to pay, […]
§ 8-3-155. Appropriations to an Authority by a City or a County for First-Year Expenses; Loans and Donations to Authority
When any housing authority which is created for any city or county becomes authorized to transact business and exercises its powers therein, the city council or the county commissioners, as the case may be, shall immediately make an estimate of the amount of money necessary for the administrative expense and overhead of such housing authority […]