§ 17-19. Declaration of policy.

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It is the policy of the City to provide for fair housing throughout the City, to all its citizens, regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, presence of children in the family or disability, and to that end to prohibit discriminatory practices with respect to residential housing by any person or group of persons, in order that the peace, health, safety, prosperity and general welfare of all the inhabitants of the City may be protected and ensured. To this end, the City encourages the enforcement, by both public and private agencies, of laws prohibiting discriminatory practices as defined in this article. This article shall be deemed an exercise of the police power of the State for the protection of the people of the State as granted to and conferred upon the City.

(Code 1993, § 16-91(a); Code 2004, § 58-31)

State Law reference— Similar provisions, Code of Virginia, § 36-96.1.

(Code 1993, § 16-91(a); Code 2004, § 58-31)

State law reference

Similar provisions, Code of Virginia, § 36-96.1.

                    
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