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<br />(2) The owner does not own any interest in, nor is there owned or reserved in his or
<br />her behalf, under any express or voluntary agreement, title to or any right to all or a
<br />portion of the proceeds from the sale or rental of more than three single-family homes at
<br />the time;
<br />(3) The owner does not publish, post, or mail, after notice, any advertisement or
<br />written notice in violation of Section 1901.07(H);
<br />(4) The owner, if not living in the home at the time of the transaction, and if not the
<br />most recent occupant of the home, has not used the exemption set forth herein within the
<br />last twenty-four months;
<br />(5) The owner does not use, in any manner, the sales or rental facilities or the sales or
<br />rental services of any real estate broker, agent, or salesman, or any person in the business
<br />of selling or renting dwellings, or any employee or agent thereof; except that the owner
<br />may use the services of attorneys, escrow agents, abstractors, title companies, and other
<br />professional assistance necessary to perfect or transfer title.
<br />For the purposes of this subsection, a person is "in the business of selling or renting
<br />dwellings" if that person (a) has participated as principal in three or more transactions
<br />involving the sale or rental of a dwelling within the last twelve months; or (b) has
<br />participated as agent, other than in the sale of his own personal residence, in providing
<br />sales or rental facilities or sales or rental services in two or more transactions involving
<br />the sale or rental of dwellings in the past twelve months; or (c) is the owner of any
<br />dwelling designed or intended for occupancy by, or in fact occupied by, five or more
<br />families.
<br />(C) Section 1901.07, except sections 1901.07(B) and (H), shall not apply to rooms or units in
<br />dwellings containing living quarters occupied or intended to be occupied by no more than four
<br />families when the owner actually maintains and occupies one of such living quarters as his or her
<br />residence.
<br />SECTION Z: That Section 1901.07, which currently reads as follows:
<br />1901.07 PROHIBITED ACTS
<br />It is hereby declared to be a discriminatory housing practice and unlawful for any person to:
<br />(A) Refuse to sell, transfer, assign, rent, lease, sublease, finance, negotiate, or otherwise deny
<br />or make unavailable a dwelling to any person because of race, color, religion, sex, ancestry,
<br />familial status, age, sexual orientation, national origin, and/or handicap;
<br />(B) Represent to any person, because of ascribed status, that a dwel'ling is not available for
<br />sale, rental, or inspection when in fact it is available;
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