West Chicago — Ch. 7 Housing § 7-43

(a) Real estate. No contractor, developer, lessee, sublessee, real estate broker or salesman, lending institution, advertiser, or agent of any of the foregoing, shall discriminate against any person because of his race, sex, religion, color, age, marital status, handicap or national origin, or because of the race, sex, religion, color, age, marital status, handicap or national origin of his friends or associates in regard to the sale, leasing, rental, or other dealings concerning real estate. Any such discrimination shall be considered an unfair real estate practice. Without limiting the foregoing, it shall be an unfair real estate practice:
(1) To publish, circulate, issue or display, or cause to be published, circulated, issued or displayed, any communication, notice, advertisement, sign or other writing of any kind relating to the sale, leasing or renting of any real estate which will indicate or express any such discrimination.
(2) To exploit or overcharge any person for real estate services because of that person's race, sex, religion, color, age, marital status, handicap or national origin.
(3) To solicit for sale, lease, or listing for sale or lease, any real estate on the ground of loss of value due to the present or prospective entry into any neighborhood of any person or person of any particular race, sex, religion, color, age, marital status, handicap or national origin.
(4) To make or distribute, or cause to be made or distributed, any written material or statements intended to induce any owner of real estate to sell or lease his property because of any present or prospective change in the race, sex, religion, color, age, marital status, handicap or national origin of persons in the neighborhood.
(5) To refuse examination of copies of any listing of real estate to any person because of race, sex, religion, color, age, marital status, handicap or national origin.
(6) To refuse to show, sell, lease, or rent, any real estate because of the race, sex, religion, color, age, marital status, handicap or national origin of the proposed buyer or tenant.
(7) To enter into an agreement which prohibits the sale, leasing or rental of real estate to any person because of race, sex, color, religion, age, marital status, handicap or national origin.
(8) To act or undertake to act with respect to any real estate, the disposition of which is prohibited to any person because of race, sex, color, religion age, marital status, handicap or national origin.
(9) For a lending institution to refuse to negotiate, enter into or perform any agreement to lend or guarantee the loan of funds because of race, sex, color, religion, age, marital status, handicap or national origin; or to discriminate because of race, sex, color, religion or national origin in making, agreeing to make, arranging or negotiating any loan or guarantee of funds, for the purpose of financing the purchase or sale, construction, lease, rehabilitation, improvement, renovation or repair of any real estate; or to offer or agree to terms, conditions or privileges that discriminate against any party to such agreement because of race, sex, religion, color, age, marital status, handicap or national origin.
Nothing in this section shall require an owner to offer property to the public at large before selling or renting it, nor shall this section be deemed to prohibit owners from giving preference to prospective tenants or buyers for any other reason than race, sex, religion, color, age, marital status, handicap or national origin.
(b) Public accommodations.
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to, on the basis of race, sex, religion, color, age, marital status, handicap or national origin:
a. Deny or refuse to another the full and equal employment of the facilities and services of any public place of accommodation.
b. Directly or indirectly, as the operator of a place of public accommodation, publish, circulate, display or mail any written communication, except a private communication sent in response to a specific inquiry, which the operator knows is to the effect that any of the facilities of the place of public accommodation will be denied to any person or that any person is unwelcome, objectionable or unacceptable.
c. Deny or refuse to another, as a public official, the full and equal enjoyment of the accommodations, advantage, facilities or privileges of the official's office or services or of any property under the official's care.
(2) Nothing in this subsection shall apply to:
a. A private club, or other establishment not in fact open to the public, except to the extent that the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations of the establishment are made available to the customers or patrons of another establishment that is a place of public accommodation.
b. Any facility, as to discrimination based on sex, which is distinctly private in nature such as restrooms, shower rooms, bath houses, health clubs and other similar facilities.
c. Any facility, as to discrimination based on sex, which restricts the rental of rooms to individuals of one sex.