910 IAC 2-2-7 Blockbusting

Sec. 7. (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.