[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR100.400]

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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
    CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, 
               DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 100--DISCRIMINATORY CONDUCT UNDER THE FAIR HOUSING ACT--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart F--Interference, Coercion or Intimidation
 
Sec. 100.400  Prohibited interference, coercion or intimidation.


    (a) This subpart provides the Department's interpretation of the 
conduct that is unlawful under section 818 of the Fair Housing Act.
    (b) It shall be unlawful to coerce, intimidate, threaten, or 
interfere with any person in the exercise or enjoyment of, or on account 
of that person having exercised or enjoyed, or on account of that person 
having aided or encouraged any other person in the exercise or enjoyment 
of, any right granted or protected by this part.
    (c) Conduct made unlawful under this section includes, but is not 
limited to, the following:
    (1) Coercing a person, either orally, in writing, or by other means, 
to deny or limit the benefits provided that person in connection with 
the sale or rental of a dwelling or in connection with a residential 
real estate-related transaction because of race, color, religion, sex, 
handicap, familial status, or national origin.
    (2) Threatening, intimidating or interfering with persons in their 
enjoyment of a dwelling because of the race, color, religion, sex, 
handicap, familial status, or national origin of such persons, or of 
visitors or associates of such persons.
    (3) Threatening an employee or agent with dismissal or an adverse 
employment action, or taking such adverse employment action, for any 
effort to assist a person seeking access to the sale or rental of a 
dwelling or seeking access to any residential real estate-related 
transaction, because of the race, color, religion, sex, handicap, 
familial status, or national origin of that person or of any person 
associated with that person.
    (4) Intimidating or threatening any person because that person is 
engaging in activities designed to make other persons aware of, or 
encouraging such other persons to exercise, rights granted or protected 
by this part.
    (5) Retaliating against any person because that person has made a 
complaint, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in a 
proceeding under the Fair Housing Act.