(1) “Age” means eighteen years of age and over but does not include tenancy by minor children.

(2) “Dwelling” means any building containing one or more dwelling units.

(3) “Dwelling unit” means a room or a suite of rooms for occupancy by one or more persons.

(4) “Familial status” means a status in which one or more children under the age of 18 live with:

(5) “Handicap” includes but is not limited to the presence of a sensory, mental, or physical handicap which:

(6) “Housing accommodations” includes any dwelling, house, building, apartment, dwelling unit or other structure, facility, lot or parcel of land in the City of Pullman which is used or intended to be used for the accommodation of one or more human beings. Nothing herein shall be construed to include or to apply to any bona fide club, fraternal, or religious organization, but where public use for the purpose of profit is carried on by one of these exceptions, such use is covered by this Chapter.

(7) “Lender” means banks, insurance companies, savings, or building and loan associations, credit unions, trust companies, mortgage companies, or other persons engaged wholly or partly in the business of lending money for the financing or acquisition, construction, repair, or maintenance of a housing accommodation.

(8) “Owners” includes persons who own, lease, sublease, rent, operate, manage, have charge or control, or have the right to ownership, possession, management, charge of or control of the housing accommodation, on their own behalf or on behalf of another.

(9) “Person” includes one or more individuals, partnerships, or other organizations, corporations, legal representatives, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy and receivers.

(10) “Person aggrieved” means any person against whom any alleged unfair housing practice has been committed.

(11) “Prospective borrower” means a person who seeks to borrow money to finance the acquisition, construction, repair, or maintenance of a housing accommodation.

(12) “Prospective occupant” means a person who seeks to purchase, lease, rent, or sublease a housing accommodation.

(13) “Real estate agent, salesperson, or employee” means any person employed by a real estate broker to perform of assist in the performance of any or all of the functions of a real estate broker.

(14) “Real estate broker” means any person who for a fee, commission, or other valuable consideration, lists for sale, sells, purchases, exchanges, leases or subleases, or negotiates or offers or attempts to negotiate the sale, purchase, exchange, lease, rent or sublease of a housing accommodation of another, or holds himself out as engaged in the business of selling, purchasing, exchanging, listing, leasing, renting, or subleasing of a housing accommodation of another, or collects the rental for the use of a housing accommodation of another.

(15) “Respondent” means any person who is alleged to have committed an unfair housing practice.

(16) “Unfair housing practice” means any act prohibited by this Chapter. (Ord. 07-22 §2, 2007; Ord. 92-33 §2, 1992; Ord. 81-6 §2, 1981; Ord. B-85 §4, 1973).