Sec. 4. 5 MRSA §4582, as amended by PL 1991, c. 99, §§13, 14, 16 and 17, is further amended to read:

§4582. Unlawful housing discrimination

It is unlawful housing discrimination, in violation of this Act:

For any owner, lessee, sublessee, managing agent or other person having the right to sell, rent, lease or manage a housing accommodation, or any agent of these, to make or cause to be made any written or oral inquiry concerning the race or color, sex, physical or mental disability, religion, ancestry, national origin or, familial status or receipt of public assistance of any prospective purchaser, occupant or tenant of the housing accommodation; or to refuse to show or refuse to sell, rent, lease, let or otherwise deny to or withhold from any individual housing accommodation because of the race or color, sex, physical or mental disability, religion, ancestry, national origin or, familial status or receipt of public assistance of the individual; or to issue any advertisement relating to the sale, rental or lease of the housing accommodation which that indicates any preference, limitation, specification or discrimination based upon race or color, sex, physical or mental disability, religion, ancestry, national origin or, familial status or receipt of public assistance; or to discriminate against any individual because of race or color, sex, physical or mental disability, religion, ancestry, national origin or, familial status or receipt of public assistance in the price, terms, conditions or privileges of the sale, rental or lease of any housing accommodations or in the furnishing of facilities or services in connection with any housing accommodations,; or to evict or attempt to evict any tenant of any housing accommodation because of the race or color, sex, physical or mental disability, religion, ancestry, national origin or, familial status or receipt of public assistance of the tenant;

For any real estate broker or real estate sales person, or agent of one of them, to fail or refuse to show any applicant for a housing accommodation any accommodation listed for sale, lease or rental, because of the race or color, sex, physical or mental disability, religion, ancestry, national origin or, familial status or receipt of public assistance of the applicant or of any intended occupant of the accommodation,; or to misrepresent, for the purpose of discriminating because of the race or color, sex,