HUD Handbook 4350.3 § 2-15

A.        Owners may not refuse, either directly or indirectly, to rent or negotiate for rental
                 of a dwelling based on an individual’s race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial
                 status, or national origin, or those of a person associated with the individual.

       B.        Examples of prohibited activities based on race, color, religion, sex, disability,
                 familial status, or national origin include, but are not limited to, the following:

                 1.      Setting different rental fees for a person;

                 2.      Not applying the screening criteria outlined in the tenant selection plan
                         uniformly to all applicants;

                 3.      Restricting selection of persons with disabilities in housing when this is in
                         violation of program rules or the owner’s contract with HUD; and

                 4.      Preventing a household with children under age 6 from occupying a unit
                         even if there are lead hazards in the unit. The owner must advise the
                         household of the hazards, but the choice to occupy the unit is the
                         household’s.

                         NOTE: Owners may affirmatively market lead-hazard-free units to
                         families with children under the age of 6. For further information, refer to
                         24 CFR, part 35, and Federal Register Vol. 64, No. 178, p. 50158.