---
kind: "section"
citation: "24 C.F.R. § 5.309"
title: "24"
number: "5.309"
heading: "Prohibition against discrimination."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/24/5.309"
---

# §5.309. Prohibition against discrimination.


Except as otherwise specifically authorized under this subpart no project owner or PHA that owns or manages a project for the elderly or persons with disabilities may:

- (a) As a condition of tenancy or otherwise, prohibit or prevent any tenant of such housing from owning common household pets or having such pets living in the tenant's dwelling unit; or
- (b) Restrict or discriminate against any person in connection with admission to, or continued occupancy of, such housing by reason of the person's ownership of common household pets or the presence of such pets in the person's dwelling unit.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1701r-1 and 3535(d).

### Authority

Authority: 12 U.S.C. 1701x; 42 U.S.C. 1437a, 1437c, 1437f, 1437n, 3535(d); 42 U.S.C. 2000bb et seq.; 34 U.S.C. 12471 et seq.; Sec. 327, Pub. L. 109-115, 119 Stat. 2396; E.O. 13279, 67 FR 77141, 3 CFR, 2002 Comp., p. 258; E.O. 13559, 75 FR 71319, 3 CFR, 2010 Comp., p. 273; E.O. 14015, 86 FR 10007, 3 CFR, 2021 Comp., p. 517.

### Source

Source: 61 FR 5202, Feb. 9, 1996, unless otherwise noted.