All interested parties are welcome to inquire/visit/apply to any and all available rental properties. New Yorkers Are Protected from Housing Discrimination on the Basis of Lawful Source of Income The New York State Human Rights Law was amended, effective April 12, 2019, to protect those who rely on any lawful source of income from discrimination in housing. What sources of income are protected? Lawful sources of income include, but are not limited to: • child support • alimony or spousal maintenance • foster care subsidies • social security benefits • federal, state, or local public assistance • federal, state, or local housing assistance • any other form of lawful income Housing assistance includes Section 8 or any other type of vouchers, or any other form of housing assistance, regardless of whether paid to the tenant or the landlord. Who are persons who may not discriminate? All housing providers and real estate professionals are required not to discriminate. These include: • Owners, landlords • Managing agents or companies • Co-op boards and condominium associations • Tenants seeking to sublet • Real estate brokers and salespersons • Any employee or agent of the above.

What actions are discriminatory when based on a person’s lawful source of income? • Refusal to sell, rent or lease or otherwise deny public or private housing • Providing different terms, conditions or privileges, or denying the use of facilities or services, of any public or private housing • Making any advertisement, publication, statement, inquiry, record, or using a form of application for public or private housing which expresses any intent to limit or discriminate • A real estate professional’s refusal to negotiate for sale, rental or lease It is not unlawful to ask about income, only to discriminate based on lawful sources of income. Housing providers may ask about income, and about the source of income, and require documentation, in order to determine a person’s ability to pay for the housing accommodation, but must accept all lawful sources of income equally. A publicly-assisted housing accommodation may include eligibility criteria in statements, advertisements, publications or applications, and may make inquiry or request information to the extent necessary to determine eligibility. Such eligibility criteria must be only those required by federal or state law or programs. Contact the Division of Human Rights for further information about your rights.

Retaliation for filing a complaint or opposing discrimination is unlawful The Human Rights Law prohibits a housing provider or any other entity covered by the Human Rights Law from retaliating against an individual for filing a complaint of discrimination or otherwise opposing practices that are discriminatory. What are other Human Rights Law protections in the area of housing? The Human Rights Law also protects against housing discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, disability, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, military status, age, arrest record, sex, marital status, and familial status. More information is provided in the Division’s publication entitled Fair Housing Guide, available on the Division’s website. Refusal by a housing provider to accept and treat equally any type of benefits received due to disability is also disability discrimination. See the Division’s brochure Housing Rights of Persons with Disabilities, available on the Division’s website. Refusal by a housing provider to accept and treat equally child support, spousal support or foster care subsidies may also be familial or marital status discrimination. Limitations in the Human Rights Law The New York State Human Rights Law does not cover: rental units in two-family homes occupied by the owner; rental in rooming houses occupied by the owner; rental of all rooms to persons of the same sex; certain senior housing.

https://dhr.ny.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/nysdhr-income-source-discrimination.pdf