Section 910IAC2-2-7. Blockbusting

   (a) It shall be unlawful, for profit, to induce or attempt to induce a person to sell or rent a dwelling by representations regarding the entry or prospective entry into the neighborhood of a person or persons of a particular race, color, religion, sex, familial status, or national origin or with a handicap.

  (b) In establishing a discriminatory housing practice under this section, it is not necessary that there was in fact profit as long as profit was a factor for engaging in the blockbusting activity.

  (c) Prohibited actions under this section include, but are not limited to, the following:

(1) Engaging, for profit, in conduct (including an uninvited solicitation for a listing) which conveys to a person that a neighborhood is undergoing or is about to undergo a change in the race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin of a person residing in it, in order to encourage a person to offer a dwelling for sale or rental.

(2) Encouraging, for profit, any person to sell or rent a dwelling through an assertion that the entry or prospective entry of a person of a particular race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin can or will result in undesirable consequences for the project, neighborhood, or community such as any of the following:

(A) Lowering property values.

(B) An increase in criminal or antisocial behavior.

(C) A decline in the quality of schools or other services or facilities.

(Civil Rights Commission; 910 IAC 2-2-7; filed Aug 20, 1993, 5:00 p.m.: 17 IR 14; readopted filed Oct 25, 2001, 2:15 p.m.: 25 IR 942; readopted filed Oct 29, 2007, 2:55 p.m.: 20071128-IR-910070566RFA; readopted filed Nov 19, 2013, 9:07 a.m.: 20131218-IR-910130454RFA)