Sec. 18-11.01. Definitions.
In addition to the definitions set forth in Section 18-3, in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
"Agent" includes a person with authority to act on behalf of another person, including real estate agents, brokers, or property management companies.
"Aggrieved person" includes any person who either:
1. Claims to have been injured by a discriminatory housing practice.
2. Believes that they will be injured by a discriminatory housing practice that is about to occur.
"Attorney General" means the State of Arizona Attorney General.
"Complainant" means a person, including the City of Phoenix, who files a complaint under Section 18-11.24.
"Conciliation" means the attempted resolution of issues raised by a complaint or by the investigation of the complaint through informal negotiations involving the aggrieved person, the respondent and the City of Phoenix.
"Conciliation agreement" means a written agreement setting forth the resolution of the issues in conciliation.
"Director" means the Director of the City of Phoenix Equal Opportunity Department.
"Discriminatory housing practice" means an act prohibited by Sections 18-11.16 through 18-11.23.
"Dwelling" means either:
1. Any building, structure or part of a building or structure that is occupied as, or designed or intended for occupancy as, a residency by one or more families.
2. Any vacant land that is offered for sale or lease for the construction or location of a building, structure or part of a building or structure described by subsection (1) of this definition.
"Family" includes a single individual.
"Respondent" means either:
1. The person accused of a violation of this article in a complaint of a discriminatory housing practice.
2. Any person identified as an additional or substitute respondent under Section 18-11.27or an agent of the respondent, or an agent of the additional or substitute respondent.
"Source of income" means any lawful source of income or support that provides funds to or on behalf of a renter or buyer of housing and is verifiable as to amount, regularity, receipt, and length of time received or to be received, including, but not limited to, wages, salaries, grant, gift, loan, inheritance, pension, annuity, child support, spousal support, foster care subsidies, rental assistance, security deposit or down payment assistance, income derived from social security or disability insurance, veterans’ benefits, or any other form of governmental assistance, benefit, or subsidy. Source of income includes any requirement of any such program, assistance, benefit, or subsidy.
"To rent" includes to lease, to sublease, to let or to otherwise grant for a consideration the right to occupy premises not owned by the occupant. (Ord. No. G-3451, § 1; Ord. No. G-5780, 2013; Ord. No. G-7086, § 2, 2023)