(b) No person to whom application is made for a loan or other form of financial assistance
for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair, or maintenance of any housing
accommodation, whether secured or unsecured, shall directly or indirectly make or
cause to be made any written or oral inquiry concerning the race, color, religion,
sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, 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 any express written or oral inquiry into whether 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 whether a 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, of any individual seeking the financial assistance, or of existing
or prospective occupants or tenants of the housing accommodation; nor shall any person
to whom the application is made in the manner provided, directly or indirectly, discriminate
in the terms, conditions, or privileges relating to the obtaining or use of any financial
assistance against any applicant because of the race, color, religion, sex, sexual
orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, 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 on the basis that a tenant or applicant or a member of the household is, or has
been, or is threatened with being the victim of domestic