7.24.110 - Retaliation prohibited
A.
It is a violation of this Chapter 7.24 for any person to retaliate against a tenant or prospective tenant because the tenant
or prospective tenant exercised or attempted to exercise rights conferred by this
Chapter 7.24. Retaliation means any of the following actions:
1.
Refusing to provide, accept, or approve a rental application or a rental agreement.
2.
Applying more onerous terms, conditions, or privileges, including increased rent,
to a tenant or prospective tenant who exercises his or her rights under this Chapter 7.24 than to a tenant or prospective tenant who does not assert those rights.
3.
Misrepresenting any material fact when providing a rental reference about a tenant.
4.
Threatening to allege to a government agency that a tenant or prospective tenant,
or a family member of a tenant or prospective tenant, is not lawfully in the United
States.
B.
If a person takes any of the actions identified in subsection 7.24.110.A within 90
days of the date a tenant or prospective tenant exercises rights conferred by this
Chapter 7.24, it is presumed that the action was taken in retaliation for the exercise of those
rights. The person taking the actions may rebut the presumption by producing clear
and convincing evidence that the actions were not retaliatory.
(Ord. 125222, § 10, 2016.)