Fair Housing
A Maryland apartment community that has a 'no overnight guests' policy that it enforces only against same-sex couples is violating the Fair Housing Act based on:
AFamilial status
BSex (including gender identity and sexual orientation in many jurisdictions)✓ Correct
CDisability
DNational origin
Explanation
Enforcing a policy differently against same-sex couples constitutes sex discrimination (which federal courts and HUD have interpreted to include sexual orientation and gender identity).
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