What does the Colorado Housing Discrimination Poster cover?
The Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act (CADA) prohibits discrimination by persons who show, sell, transfer, rent, lease, advertise, or finance real estate based on any protected class pertaining to housing. (C.R.S. § 43-34-501 et seq.) “Housing” means any building, structure, vacant land, or part thereof offered for sale, lease, rent, or transfer of ownership. It does not include rooms offered for rent in a single-family dwelling by the homeowner.
The following topics are covered on the Colorado Housing Discrimination Poster:
- Discriminatory or unfair housing practices: to refuse to show, sell, transfer, rent, or lease, or refuse to receive and transmit any bona fide offer to buy, sell, rent, or lease, or otherwise make unavailable or deny or withhold from any person housing; or to discriminate in the terms, conditions, or privileges pertaining to any housing.
- Protected classes in housing: disability, race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, marital status, familial status, national origin or ancestry, source of income, or veteran or military status.
- Reasonable accommodations must be provided to a person with a disability, unless its provision would cause undue hardship.
- Use of assistance animals, including service and emotional support animals, as a reasonable accommodation.
- Retaliation for engaging in a protected activity prohibited.
- CROWN Act of 2020 prohibits discrimination based on hair texture, hair type or protective hairstyles.
- Equal Housing Opportunity: Notice that the Colorado Civil Rights Division (CCRD) is a Fair Housing Assistance Program that partners with HUD in the enforcement of Fair Housing Laws.
- Contact information for the CCRD and complaint filing deadline.
Who is covered by CADA’s prohibition of discrimination in housing?
Covered persons include:
- real estate brokers and agents
- home builders/contractors
- home mortgage lenders
- homeowner associations
- listing and advertising services
- housing providers for persons with disabilities and older persons
- any person to whom application is made for financial assistance for the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, repair, or maintenance of any housing
- any owner, lessee, proprietor, manager, employee, or any agent of a person offering housing for sale, rent or transfer
- persons furnishing of facilities or services in connection with the transfer, sale, rental, or lease of housing
The law does not prohibit religious or denominational organizations from limiting the sale, rental, or occupancy of dwellings which it owns or operates for non-commercial purposes to persons of the same religion.
Who must post?
The Housing Discrimination Poster must be posted by all persons engaged in the sale, transfer, renting, leasing or financing of housing, in all places where real estate transfers, rentals and loans are executed. It must be posted and maintained in conspicuous, well-lit, and easily accessible places ordinarily frequented by prospective buyers, renters, borrowers, and the general public. 3 CCR 708-1 Rule 20.2.