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Howard County amends housing-discrimination law to include citizenship/immigration status and expand protections
Summary
The council approved CB 85, updating county housing-discrimination law to align with state requirements and explicitly adding citizenship or immigration status as a protected class; the measure passed with amendments to clarify commercial-lease coverage and consistency of protected classes.
Council bill 85, which updates Howard County’s housing discrimination provisions to comply with state subtitle and to expand the definition of protected classes, including citizenship or immigration status, passed the council as amended.
Sponsors and the county attorney’s office discussed legal sufficiency and prior charter amendments that had previously placed related language in employment sections; the council’s office told…
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