212.1 Race discrimination

Discrimination occurs when a prospective black tenant is treated less favorably than a prospective white tenant in connection with an offer to show the apartment, rental negotiation, giving of false or misleading information regarding the availability of an apartment, or refusing or making unavailable an apartment because of the prospective tenant's race. Beardon v. Bankier (Milwaukee Co. Cir. Ct., 12/01/83).

Race was a factor in Respondent's failure to rent to a black couple where the apartment remained vacant after the couple was told that it had already been rented and where no other blacks lived in the building. A $360 forfeiture, payable to the State, was imposed. Williams v. Evers (LIRC, 07/21/83).

A white couple who sought to sublet their apartment have standing to sue the apartment owner who they allege was refusing permission to qualified sub-lessees based on their race. Corrao v. James (Milwaukee Co. Cir. Ct., 09/30/82).