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(a) Each unit and its percentage of undivided interest in the common areas and facilities shall be deemed to be a parcel and shall be subject to separate assessment and taxation by each assessing unit and special district for all types of taxes authorized by law including but not…

The rule of property known as the rule against perpetuities and the rule of property known as the rule restricting unreasonable restraints on alienation shall not be applied to defeat any of the provisions of this chapter, or of any declaration, bylaws or other document executed …

(a) The manager, management committee, or association of unit owners, if required by the declaration, bylaws, or by a majority of the unit owners, or at the request of a mortgagee having a first mortgage of record covering a unit, shall have the authority to, and shall, obtain in…

As used in this chapter: (1) “Association of unit owners” means all of the unit owners acting as a group in accordance with the declaration and bylaws. (2) “Building” means a building, containing four (4) or more units, or two (2) or more buildings, with a total of four (4) or mo…

In case of fire or any other disaster, the insurance proceeds, if sufficient to reconstruct the building, shall be applied to such reconstruction. Reconstruction of the building, as used in this section and § 34-36-31 means restoring the building to substantially the same conditi…

Unless otherwise provided in the declaration or bylaws, if the insurance proceeds are insufficient to reconstruct the building, damage to, or destruction of, the building shall be promptly repaired and restored by the manager or management committee, using proceeds of insurance, …

Unless otherwise provided in the declaration or bylaws, and notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 34-36-30 and 34-36-31, the unit owners may, by an affirmative vote of at least three-fourths (¾) of the unit owners, at a meeting of unit owners duly called for that purpose, elect to…

Without limiting the rights of any unit owner, actions may be brought by the manager or management committee, in either case in the discretion of the management committee, on behalf of two (2) or more of the unit owners, as their respective interest may appear, with respect to an…

(a) All unit owners, tenants of the owners, employees of owners and tenants, or any other person who may in any manner use the property or any part thereof submitted to the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to this chapter and to the declaration and bylaws adopted pursu…

(a) Any person who, in reasonable reliance upon any material, false or misleading statements or information published by or under authority from the owner or developer, in advertising and promotional materials, including but not limited to brochures and newspaper advertising, pay…

The court may, in its discretion, award punitive damages and may award reasonable attorney’s fees and costs.

The provisions of this chapter shall be in addition and supplemental to all other provisions of law, statutory or judicially declared, provided that wherever the application of the provisions of this chapter conflicts with the application of the other provisions, this chapter sha…

If any provision of this chapter, or its application to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or application of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or application and to this end the provisi…

Whenever there is a conversion of residential real estate from rental status to condominium ownership the following provisions shall apply to the owner, developer, and tenants of the property: (1) All tenants shall be given at least one hundred twenty (120) days notice of the con…

A zoning, subdivision, building code, or other real estate use ordinance, regulation, or any other municipal ordinance, rule or regulation may not prohibit the condominium form of ownership or impose any requirement upon a condominium which would not be imposed upon a physically …

This chapter shall not apply to new declarations of condominiums filed after July 1, 1982; nor shall this chapter apply to condominiums declared before July 1, 1982 where construction has not been commenced, but said condominiums shall be governed by chapter 36.1 of this title. P…

Each unit, together with its undivided interest in the common areas and facilities, shall, for all purposes, constitute real property and may be individually conveyed, leased, and encumbered and may be inherited or devised by will and be subject to all types of juridic acts inter…

Any unit may be held and owned by more than one person as joint tenants, or as tenants in common, or in any other real property tenancy relationship recognized under the laws of the state.

Each unit owner shall be entitled to the exclusive ownership and possession of his or her unit.

(a) Each unit owner shall be entitled to an undivided interest in the common areas and facilities in the percentage expressed in the declaration. The percentage shall be computed by taking as a basis the value of the unit in relation to the value of the property. (b) The percenta…

Each unit owner shall comply strictly with the covenants, conditions, and restrictions as set forth in the declaration or in the deed to his or her unit, and with the bylaws and/or house rules and with the administrative rules and regulations drafted pursuant thereto, as either o…

No unit owner shall do any work or make any alterations or changes which would jeopardize the soundness or safety of the property, reduce its value or impair any easement or hereditament, without in every such case the unanimous written consent of all the other unit owners being …

(a) In the State of Rhode Island, hereinafter referred to as the state, many people are denied equal opportunity in obtaining housing accommodations and are forced to live in circumscribed areas because of discriminatory housing practices based upon race, color, religion, sex, se…

If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance shall, for any reason, be adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, that judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder of this …

This chapter may be cited as “The Rhode Island Fair Housing Practices Act”.

The right of all individuals in the state to equal housing opportunities regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, lawful source of income, military status as a veteran with an honorable discharge or an honorable …

Whenever in this chapter there shall appear the word “sex” there shall be inserted immediately thereafter the word “age.”

Whenever in this chapter there shall appear the word “sex” there shall be inserted immediately thereafter the words “sexual orientation”.

Whenever in this chapter there shall appear the words “sexual orientation” there shall be inserted immediately thereafter the words “gender identity or expression.”

It shall be unlawful and against public policy to discriminate against a tenant or applicant for housing solely on the basis that said tenant or applicant is a victim of domestic violence.

When used in this chapter: (1) “Age” means anyone over the age of eighteen (18). (2) “Armed forces” means the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Merchant Marines, Space Force, or Air Force of the United States and the Rhode Island National Guard. (3) “Commission” means the Rh…

(a) No owner having the right to sell, rent, lease, or manage a housing accommodation as defined in § 34-37-3, or an agent of any of these, shall, directly or indirectly, make, or cause to be made, any written or oral inquiry concerning the race, color, religion, sex, sexual orie…

(a) Nothing in this chapter requires an owner of a housing accommodation to rent to a family with children if: (1) The housing accommodation is two (2) units, one of which is occupied by the owner; (2) The housing accommodation is of four (4) units or less, the owner actually mai…

(a) Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit a religious organization, association, or society or any nonprofit institution or organization operated, supervised, or controlled by or in conjunction with a religious organization, association, or society from limiting the sale, rental…

No financial organization governed by the provisions of title 19 or any other credit granting commercial institution may discriminate in the granting or extension of any form of loan or credit, or the privilege or capacity to obtain any form of loan or credit, on the basis of the…

Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit an owner of a housing accommodation from refusing to rent to a person based on their lawful source of income if the housing accommodation is three (3) units or less, one of which is occupied by the owner.

(a) The commission is empowered and directed to prevent any person from violating any of the provisions of this chapter, provided that before instituting a formal proceeding, it shall attempt by informal methods of conference, persuasion, and conciliation to induce compliance wit…

It shall be unlawful to coerce, intimidate, threaten, or interfere with any person in the exercise or enjoyment of, or on account of his or her having exercised or enjoyed, or on account of his or her having aided or encouraged any other person in the exercise or enjoyment of, an…

It shall be unlawful to deny any person who meets licensing and other non-discriminatory requirements that are also applied to other applicants and members access to, or membership or participation in, any real estate listing service, real estate brokers’ organization, or other s…

It shall be an unlawful discriminatory housing practice to for profit induce, or attempt to induce, any person to sell or rent any dwelling by representations regarding the entry or prospective entry into the neighborhood of a person or persons of a particular race, color, religi…

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person or other entity whose business includes engaging in residential real estate-related transactions to discriminate against any person in making available a transaction, or in the terms and conditions of the transaction, because of race, color…

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a landlord or owner, as defined in § 34-18-11; a management committee, as defined in § 34-36-3; or an association of unit owners, as defined in § 34-36.1-1.03 (hereinafter “property owners”); may not enforce or adopt a restrictive…

(a) Any complainant, intervener, or respondent claiming to be aggrieved by a final order of the commission may obtain judicial review thereof, and the commission may obtain an order of court for its enforcement, in a proceeding as provided in this section. The proceeding shall be…

The general assembly shall annually appropriate such sums as is deemed necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter; and the state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of such sum or so much there…

The provisions of this chapter shall be construed liberally for the accomplishment of the purposes intended and any provisions of any law inconsistent with any provisions hereof shall not apply. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to repeal any of the provisions …

Unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms shall be construed in this chapter to have the following meanings: (1) “Broker” means a real estate broker duly licensed in this state; (2) “Disposition” or “dispose of” means any advertisement, sale, exchange, lease, ass…