Title 34
Property
Chapter 37
Rhode Island Fair Housing Practices Act
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-37-3
§ 34-37-3. Definitions.
When used in this chapter:
(1) “Age” means anyone over the age of eighteen (18).
(2) “Armed forces” means the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Merchant Marines,
Space Force, or Air Force of the United States and the Rhode Island National Guard.
(3) “Commission” means the Rhode Island commission for human rights created by § 28-5-8.
(4) “Disability” means a disability as defined in § 42-87-1.
Provided, further, that the term “disability” does not include current, illegal use
of, or addiction to, a controlled substance, as defined in 21 U.S.C. § 802.
(5) “Discriminate” includes segregate, separate, or otherwise differentiate between or
among individuals because 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, housing
status, or familial status or because of the 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, housing status, or familial status of any person with whom they are, or may wish
to be, associated.