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persons regardless of handicap in a written lease, rental agreement, or ' contract of purchase or sale, or to forbid distinctions based on the inability to fulfill the terms and conditions, including financial obligations, of the lease, agreement, or contract, so long as such distinctions are not based on the handicap itself, or on the landlord's refusal to make reasonable modification in the lease, agreement or, contract conditions for the purpose of denying a handicapped person equal opportunity to the use and enjoyment of the premises. C. Prohibit restricting the sale or rental of a dwelling on the basis of handicap when such a dwelling is authorized, approved, financed, or subsidized in whole or in part for the benefit of persons of a handicap by a unit of state, local, or federal government, so long as such restrictions do not discriminate against otherwise qualified handicapped persons. D. Require that a dwelling be made available to a person with a handicap whose tenancy would constitute a direct threat to the health or safety of other individuals or whose tenancy would result in substantial physical damage to the-property of others. E. Prohibit the applicability of any reasonable local, state or federal restrictions regarding the maximum number of occupants permitted to occupy a dwelling. F. With regard to familial status, apply to dwellings provided under any state or federal program specifically designed and operated to assist elderly persons, as defined in the State or Federal program, or to housing for older persons, provided that HUD has determined that such program or housing is exempt, which determination shall be conclusive. G. Prohibit a person engaged in the business of furnishing appraisals of real property to take into consideration factors other than race, color, religion, national origin, sex, handicap, or familial status. H. Apply to any single-family house sold or rented by an owner, under the terms and conditions set forth in 42 U.S.C. Section 3603(b); or to rooms or units in dwellings containing living quarters occupied or intended to be occupied by no more than four families living independently of each other, if the owner actually maintains and occupies one of such living quarters as his residence. I. Prohibit conduct against a person because such person has been convicted by any court of competent jurisdiction of the illegal manufacture or distribution of a controlled substance as defined in 21 U.S.C. Section 802.