Legal Opinion

Attorney General Opinion No.

Kansas Attorney General Reports

Decided March 14, 2002Published

1Opinion of the Court

The Honorable Chris Steineger State Senator, 6th District State Capitol, Room 523-S Topeka, Kansas 66612

Dear Senator Steineger:

You inquire regarding the legality of certain provisions of Ordinance No. 7326, enacted by the governing body of the City of Lawrence. Specifically, you inquire whether a provision that prohibits a non-occupying property owner from renting a single-family dwelling within a single-family residence district1 to four or more unrelated individuals violates the Federal Fair Housing Act.2 You also have concerns regarding provisions in the ordinance that address tenant lists…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Camara v. Municipal Court of City and County of San FranciscoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Minnesota v. OlsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  3. See v. City of SeattleSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  4. Chapman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  5. City of Edmonds v. Oxford House, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1995

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