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commercial real estate loans, to deny a loan or other financial
<br /> assistance to a person applying therefore for the purpose of
<br /> purchasing, constructing, improving, repairing, or maintaining a
<br /> dwelling, or to discriminate against any person in the fixing of
<br /> the amount, interest rate, duration, or other terms or conditions
<br /> of such loan or other financial assistance, because of the race,
<br /> color, religion, sex, national origin, age, handicap, marital
<br /> status, familial status or unfavorable discharge from military
<br /> service, of such person or of any person associated with such
<br /> person in connection with such loan or other financial assistance
<br /> or the purposes of such loan or other financial assistance, or of
<br /> the present or prospective owners, lessees, tenants or occupants
<br /> of the dwelling or dwellings in relation to which such loan or
<br /> other financial assistance is to be made or given.
<br /> g . To deny any person access to or membership or
<br /> participation in any multiple-listing service, real estate
<br /> brokers' organization or other service, organization, or facility
<br /> relating to the business of selling or renting dwellings, or to
<br /> discriminate against such person in the terms or conditions of
<br /> such access, membership, or participation, on account of race,
<br /> color, religion, sex, national origin, age, handicap, marital
<br /> status, familial status or unfavorable discharge from military
<br /> service.
<br /> h. To appraise residential real property on the basis of
<br /> race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, handicap,
<br /> marital status , familial status or unfavorable discharge from
<br /> military service.
<br /> i. To refuse to permit, at the expense of any handicapped
<br /> person, reasonable modification or modifications of existing
<br /> premises occupied or to be occupied by such handicapped person if
<br /> such modification or modifications may be necessary to afford
<br /> such handicapped person full enjoyment of said premises; except
<br /> that, in the case of a rental, the landlord may, where it is
<br /> reasonable to do so, condition permission for a modification on
<br /> the renter agreeing to restore the premises to the condition that
<br /> existed before modifications, reasonable wear and tear excepted.
<br /> The landlord may not increase for handicapped persons any
<br /> customarily required security deposit. However, where it is
<br /> necessary in order to ensure with reasonable certainty that funds
<br /> will be available to pay for the restorations at the end of the
<br /> tenancy, the landlord may negotiate as part of such a restoration
<br /> agreement a provision requiring that the tenant pay into an
<br /> interest bearing escrow account, over a reasonable period, a
<br /> reasonable amount of money not to exceed the cost of the
<br /> restorations. The interest in any such account shall accrue to
<br /> the benefit of the tenant. A landlord may condition permission
<br /> for a modification on the renter providing a reasonable
<br /> description of the proposed modifications as well as reasonable
<br /> assurances that the work will be done in a workmanlike manner and
<br /> that any required buildinq permits will be obtained.
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