Subdivision 1. Full and equal access. People who are blind or people with a visual or physical disability shall be entitled to full and equal access, as other members of the general public, to all housing accommodations offered for rent, lease, or compensation, subject to the conditions and limitations established by law and applicable alike to all persons.
Subd. 2. Definition. "Housing accommodations" means any real property, or portion thereof, which is used or occupied or is intended, arranged, or designed to be used or occupied, as the home, residence or sleeping place of one or more human beings, but shall not include any single family residence the occupants of which rent, lease, or furnish for compensation not more than one room therein.
Subd. 3. Limitation on property provision. Nothing in this section shall require any person renting, leasing, or providing for compensation real property to modify the property in any way or provide a higher degree of care for a person who is blind or a person with a visual or other physical disability than for a person without a physical disability.
Subd. 4. Service dog. Every person who is totally or partially blind, or person who is deaf, or person with a physical disability who has a service dog, or who obtains a service dog, shall be entitled to full and equal access to all housing accommodations provided for in this section, and shall not be required to pay extra compensation for such service dog but shall be liable for any damage done to the premises by such service dog.
1971 c 70 s 1; 1977 c 247 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 637 s 1; 2005 c 56 s 1; 2017 c 40 art 1 s 121
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities
Chapter 256C — Persons With Disabilities
Section 256C.02 — Public Accommodations.
Section 256C.025 — Housing Accommodations.
Section 256C.03 — Blind Or Deaf Pedestrians; Civil Liability.
Section 256C.04 — Proclamation By Governor.
Section 256C.21 — Deaf And Hard-of-hearing Services Act; Citation.
Section 256C.23 — Definitions.
Section 256C.233 — Duties Of State Agencies.
Section 256C.24 — Regional Service Centers.
Section 256C.26 — Employment Services.
Section 256C.261 — Services For Persons Who Are Deafblind.
Section 256C.28 — Commission Of The Deaf, Deafblind And Hard Of Hearing.