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An Ordinance creating Section 2-31.2 of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Code of Ordinances, to prohibit discrimination in housing on the basis of lawful source of income or payment, all effective March 1, 2024. [Council Office, Hall]
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WHEREAS, the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Council seeks to enhance the health, safety, and general welfare of the public through adopting this Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the Urban County Government is a proponent of taking measures to reduce or eliminate discrimination in housing, and of promoting fair and equal housing opportunities to its residents; and
WHEREAS, the adoption of this Ordinance should result in making additional housing opportunities available to the residents of Lexington-Fayette County; and
WHEREAS this Ordinance does not intend, and shall not be construed, to: (a) require a housing provider to give a preference to anyone or to rent to an otherwise unqualified tenant, (b) limit a housing provider's ability to choose the most qualified and appropriate candidate; (c) or unreasonably delay the housing provider's ability to rent property.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE LEXINGTON-FAYETTE URBAN COUNTY GOVERNMENT:
Section 1 - That Section 2-31.2 of the Code of Ordinances, Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, be and hereby is created to read as follows:
Sec. 2-31.2. Discrimination in housing due to lawful source of income or payment.
(1) It is the policy of the Lexington Fayette Urban County Government to safeguard all persons within Fayette County from discrimination in housing on the basis of lawful source of income or payment as evidenced by the refusal to consider any lawful source of income or payment in the same manner as ordinary wage income.
(2) For purposes of this Section, "lawful source of income or payment" shall mean:
(a) any form of lawful income or payment that can be verified, which a person can use to pay rental or other...
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