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Committee advances ordinance barring landlords from asking tenants’ immigration status, adds anti‑retaliation enforcement
Summary
The committee moved forward an ordinance that would prohibit landlords from inquiring about or acting on tenants’ immigration or citizenship status, forbid denying applicants for using an ITIN and add municipal enforcement tools including license actions and fines under Title 12.
Chair Jason Chavez presented an ordinance April 15 that would ban landlords, operators or their agents from asking about or acting on a rental applicant’s or tenant’s immigration or citizenship status and would prohibit denying applications solely because an applicant uses an Internal Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN). Chavez said the measure also includes an anti‑retaliation provision to bar increasing rent, cutting services, altering agreements or contacting state or federal law enforcement in response to tenants asserting rights under…
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