1. 1. The Division on Civil Rights in the Department of Law and Public Safety shall enforce the laws of this State against unlawful discrimination in housing built with, or leased with the assistance of, public funds or public assistance, pursuant to any law, and in real property, as defined in the law hereby supplemented, because of race, religious principles, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, familial status, disability, service in the Armed Forces of the United States or liability for service in the Armed Forces of the United States, nationality, sex, gender identity or expression, or source of lawful income used for rental or mortgage payments. These laws shall be enforced in the manner prescribed in P.L.1945, c.169 (C.10:5-1 et seq.).

L.1954, c.198, s.1; amended 1961, c.106, s.5; 1963, c.40, s.18; 1970, c.80, s.12; 1991, c.519, s.6; 1992, c.146, s.7; 2002, c.82, s.2; 2003, c.180, s.9; 2006, c.100, s.7; 2017, c.184, s.2; 2025, c.307, s.6.