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5116. Fair housing provisions [For application of this section, see 84 Del. Laws, c. 358, § 4] [Effective until Dec. 31, 2028].
(a) No person, being an owner or agent of any real estate, house, apartment or other premises, may refuse or decline to rent, subrent, sublease, assign, or cancel any existing rental agreement to or of any tenant or any person by reason of race, creed, religion, marital status, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, source of income, occupation, military status, housing status, familial status, or any other basis protected under Chapter 46 of Title 6.
(b) No person may demand or receive a greater sum as rent for the use and occupancy of any premises because the person renting or desiring to rent the premises is of a particular race, creed, religion, marital status, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, source of income, occupation, military status, housing status, familial status, or any other basis protected under Chapter 46 of Title 6.
(c) In the event of discrimination under this section, the tenant may recover damages sustained as a result of the landlord’s action, including reasonable expenditures necessary to obtain adequate substitute housing.
(d) (1) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section relating to age discrimination, and consistent with the federal Fair Housing Act [42 U.S.C. § 3601 et seq.] and the Delaware Fair Housing Act, Chapter 46 of Title 6, a landlord may make rental units available exclusively for rental by senior citizens.