Title 34
Property
Chapter 37
Rhode Island Fair Housing Practices Act
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-37-2
§ 34-37-2. Right to equal housing opportunities — Civil rights.
The right of all individuals in the state to equal housing opportunities regardless
of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression,
marital status, lawful source of income, military status as a veteran with an honorable
discharge or an honorable or general administrative discharge, servicemember in the
armed forces, country of ancestral origin, disability, age, familial status, or regardless
of the fact that a tenant or applicant or a member of the household is, or has been,
or is threatened with being the victim of domestic abuse, or that the tenant or applicant
has obtained, or sought, or is seeking, relief from any court in the form of a restraining
order for protection from domestic abuse, is hereby recognized as, and declared to
be, a civil right. Nothing in this section shall prevent a landlord from proceeding
with eviction action against a tenant who fails to comply with § 34-18-24(7).
History of Section.
P.L. 1965, ch. 27, § 1; P.L. 1977, ch. 214, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 144, § 3; P.L. 1988,
ch. 455, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 398, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 32, § 2; P.L. 1997, ch. 150,
§ 8; P.L. 2001, ch. 340, § 2; P.L. 2002, ch. 118, § 2; P.L. 2002, ch. 224, § 2; P.L.
2015, ch. 161, § 1; P.L. 2015, ch. 180, § 1; P.L. 2021, ch. 3, § 1, effective April
15, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 4, § 1, effective April 15, 2021.