| Wisconsin Fair Housing Law and Kids |
| Written by Tim Ballering | |
| Monday, 02 July 2007 | |
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The WI Open Housing statue is: §106.50 Open housing. (1) INTENT. It is the intent of this section to render unlawful discrimination in housing. It is the declared policy of this state that all persons shall have an equal opportunity for housing regardless of sex, race, color, sexual orentation, disability, religion, national origin, marital status, family status, lawful source of income, age or ancestry and it is the duty of the political subdivisions to assist in the orderly prevention or removal of all discrimination in housing through the powers granted under ss. 66.0125 and 66.1011. Link to the statute (Open housing begins at 106.50) WI family status section reads: §106.50 (1m)(k) “Family status” means any of the following conditions that apply to a person seeking to rent or purchase housing or to a member or prospective member of the person’s household regardless of the person’s marital status: 1. A person is pregnant. 2. A person is in the process of securing sole or joint legal custody, periods of physical placement or visitation rights of a minor child. 3. A person’s household includes one or more minor or adult relatives. 4. A person’s household includes one or more adults or minor children in his or her legal custody or physical placement or with whom he or she has visitation rights. 5. A person’s household includes one or more adults or minor children placed in his or her care under a court order, under a guardianship or with the written permission of a parent or other person having legal custody of the adult or minor child. Link to the WI-DWD Booklet |
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| Last Updated ( Monday, 02 July 2007 ) |