Housing Discrimination
Section 28-1-7 — no refusal to rent or sell, and no different terms, on a protected ground
It is an unlawful discriminatory practice to refuse to sell, rent, lease or sublease, or to negotiate for, any housing accommodation or real property, or to discriminate in its terms, conditions, privileges, facilities or services, because of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth or a related condition, spousal affiliation, physical or mental disability unrelated to the ability to rent and maintain the property, or military status.
Who handles this in New Mexico: Disability Rights New Mexico; and legal aid programs, lawyer referral and the state offices, listed in the New Mexico directory.
Printing, displaying or using an advertisement, sign, application or inquiry that expresses a preference, limitation or discrimination on those grounds is unlawful too.
A complaint goes to the human rights division in writing within three hundred days after the alleged act.
Sources for this section (2)
- NMSA 1978, § 28-1-7 — Unlawful discriminatory practice
- NMSA 1978, § 28-1-10 — Grievance procedure
Legal information, not legal advice. Verified as of November 2026. Applying it to a particular situation is the work of a licensed New Mexico attorney.